Police: Two Kids in North Carolina Fatally Shoot Man Abusing Their Mother

two north carolina children fatally shoot man strangling their mother

Two children in North Carolina were forced to fatally shoot a man who was assaulting and strangling their mother, police said. 

According to a report from the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, Steven Kelley, 46, went to his girlfriend's house on August 8 and threatened to cut the throat of Chandra Nierman, his girlfriend, as well as kill everyone in the home, including her two children. 

Police say that's when Neirman's 12-year-old son obtained a gun and her 15-year-old daughter used it to shoot Kelley twice in the chest.

Police were called to the home in Forest City, North Carolina just after midnight and found Kelley already dead. Nierman's 16-year-old daughter was also injured in the shooting after a bullet grazed her leg. She was taken to the hospital and treated for her injuries and has since been released. 

Nierman also "suffered significant bruises and contusions from the assault," police said. 

Police said, that their investigation into Kelly revealed that he had threatened his girlfriend several times before. Only a few days before he was killed, police say he assaulted Nierman and "fired multiple rounds from a firearm inside the residence to threaten and terrorize Nierman."

The Sheriff's office said Kelley was a convicted felon who had two active domestic violence protection orders against him from women in Indiana and Ohio. 

Several guns were found in the house and on Kelley's body that belonged to him according to the police report. 

According to the report, based on the facts and evidence, the District Attorney's Office ruled the shooting justified and no charges will be filed. 

The children were not named by police because they are minors. 

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