An Aurora woman has survived a near-death experience by pretending to be shot in the head and killed like her cousin.
Police said that Kelynn Lewis, 32, broke into his ex-wife Deondranay McCain’s home to retaliate a few hours after she told him on a phone call that he was not the father of her child for whom he cared since birth.
McCain was in a bedroom with her cousin, 35-year-old Vatrice Little braiding one another’s hair when Lewis showed up on Feb. 9.
The gunman told McCain “You think this was a game?” and fired at her head. She told police that she dropped to the floor and faked being killed.
Little then fired multiple shots at Little who tried to confront him. McCain recalled the victim bleeding profusely as she layed next to her on the floor.
Police arrested Little after he barricaded himself inside a residence, approximately 36 hours after the incident.
He was charged with murder, attempted murder, and child abuse charges.
Investigators said children were present in a separate room at the time of the slaying.
