A 5-year-old South Carolina boy was left an orphan after his father killed his mother, her father, and brother and then turned the gun on himself days after Christmas.
On Dec. 27, Darius Seay stormed into the North Charleston apartment of Adrienne Seay as she, her father John, and brother Andrew built Christmas toys for her son.
The 44-year-old man opened fire killing all three before taking his son to another home.
When officers responded to that home, Darius surrendered the boy and then shot himself with an AR-15-style rifle.
“The traumatic events this boy witnessed are unbelievably devastating,” a GoFundMe for the child read.
The boy is now living with his other uncle and his wife but “will need physical and emotional help.”
“Please consider helping this loving family in their desperate time of need!”
Court documents showed that Darius had filed for divorce from his wife of 9 years in 2024 after she allegedly threatened him with a knife and beat him several times.
The night before the tragedy, he was arrested on an assault and battery charge and released on a $10.000 bond.
