An Oklahoma mother showed remarkable “restraint,” according to many on social media when she held the HIV-positive youth baseball coach she believes repeatedly raped her 12-year-old daughter at gunpoint rather than “accidentally” discharging the weapon “at a lower limb once or twice”
I would have “accidentally” discharged the weapon at a lower limb once or twice.
— Bonzai (@bonzai67) January 24, 2024
According to police, the mother discovered 39-year-old Donovan Sheppard raping her daughter in the home they shared on Jan. 13, the Kansas City Star reported.
Sheppard, who had for years been coaching local kids on a team called the Oklahoma Aftermath, informed the police that he was HIV positive and said he wasn’t wearing a condom when he was raping the little girl — a heinous act he began committing when the girl was eleven, police said.
The mother called the cops and held Sheppard at gunpoint until they arrived, according to the authorities.
Court records reveal the horrifying details.
“He raped me,” the young girl told authorities in an interview. She said he’d done it six times, including on her 12th birthday.
Police said Sheppard was living with the mother and his alleged victim at the time of the incident, KFOR reports, citing an affidavit. On Jan. 13, the mother picked him up from a bar after he had gotten into a fight. When they returned to the house, the girl was sleeping.
The mother reportedly awoke to Sheppard sexually assaulting her daughter in the girl’s bedroom, according to the affidavit.
I would have asked my daughter to leave the room and emptied the magazine into his groin. Mom had some SERIOUS self control.
— King Tut AKA Just Chris (@CubbardCommando) January 25, 2024
The mom showed incredible restraint not pulling the trigger.
— KerrBear (@MPLSKerrBear) January 25, 2024
Afraid my finger may have slipped on the trigger.
— Charles Pittard (@Budmon2152) January 22, 2024
“Sheppard was arrested and sent to Cleveland County Jail,” according to KFOR.
He was charged with eight felonies, including Lewd Molestation; Rape by Instrumentation; three counts of Rape, First Degree of a minor under 14; Exposing others to AIDs; Pattern of Criminal Offenses; and Lewd Molestation.
Cut off his junk and lock him up for good.
— Interstellar ᴺᶠᵀ (@Interste1Iar_) January 25, 2024
No court dates. Just take him out back and point a 12 gauge right at this dome.
— keeneye777 (@realgoattalk1) January 21, 2024
Put Him Down
— Mr. Parallel Dimension Aka (Just In) (@skygazer8989) January 22, 2024
One way or another, predicted many, the suspect will face justice.
Let him ROT in prison. They’re going to make his life horrific.
— Kye Ryen (@MistressKye) January 24, 2024
He won’t last long in gen pop.
— UltraMAGA Hillbilly (@TruthingtonPost) January 25, 2024
Street justice will be knocking on his cell door soon enough
— Mr. Respect (@arianesvow) January 25, 2024
According to KFOR, “Sheppard also has a bond, per records, of $500,000.”
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