Once the helicopter was gone, Bryant allegedly went to the place where the guns were hidden, returned with the bag, and took out one of the guns.
Meanwhile, Eads had gone into the house to use the restroom.
“[Eads] entered the residence,” the affidavit says. “Lamar Bryant entered the residence soon after.”
The daughter who was sitting on the porch with Eads told investigators that around 15 to 20 minutes later, she heard “pops” that sounded like gunshots. She went into the house and “observed Lamar Bryant emerging from the back of the residence” from the area of the bathroom that Eads had gone to use, according to the affidavit.
Eads’ daughter “stopped Lamar Bryant and said ‘what’s going on?’” the affidavit says. “Lamar Bryant shrugged his shoulders, said ‘nothing,’ and then exited the residence through the side, carport door.”
That same daughter then discovered her mother in the bathroom and called 911.
Police say their observations from the scene matched the witnesses’ accounts of what happened.
“Based on the facts and circumstances of the investigation, Lamar Bryant consciously decided to commit the murder of Takeshia Bryant,” the affidavit says. “There is no evidence to suggest Takeshia Bryant had a firearm or was threatening Lamar Bryant at the time of the homicide,” it later adds, calling the killing “premeditated.”
Eads was a mother to four and soon to be a grandmother to five, local CBS affiliate WKMG reported. She was described by family members as the “backbone” of their family.
“She touched a lot of people, and she touched a lot of lives, so she was a good woman,” Eads’ adult daughter told WESH.
Bryant made his first court appearance on Thursday and was ordered to remain in custody. Court records show that his next hearing is set for April 1.
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