The name of the victim has not been released

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FAMILY AND THEY SAID THAT THEY BELIEVE IT WAS HER EX-BOYFRIEND BECAUSE THEY HAD A LONG HISTORY OF VIOLENCE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP. >> IT’S JUST SAD THAT IT HAD TO END LIKE THIS. DENI: SHEENA STANLEY SAYS HER FAMILY IS HEARTBROKEN AFTER LEARNING HER COUSIN’S LIFE WAS CUT SHORT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. >> SHE WAS VERY SWEET, VERY BUBBLY, CARING PERSON. WOULD GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF HER BACK. DENI: COURT RECORDS SHOW THE VICTIM FILED FOR AN EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER LAST WEEK AND JUST YESTERDAY MORNING, A JUDGE ISSUED A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER. >> SHE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HIM AND HE JUST WOULDN’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. HE HAS BEEN OVER TO HER HOUSE ON MANY OCCASIONS. HE HAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED HER, HE HAS BUSTED OUT CAR WINDOWS, HE HAS SLIT TIRES. DENI: POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THIS APARTMENT ON GOLDSMITH LANE. STANLEY SAYS THE VICTIM’S EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED. >> WE JUST WANT TO PULL TOGETHER AND BE HERE FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW FOR THE FAMILY. DENI: STANLEY HOPES HER COUSIN’S DEATH WILL SHED A LIGHT ON HOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN BECOME DEADLY. >> I DO FEEL THAT EVERYONE SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND ALSO ACCUMULATE A PAPER TRAIL, SO THAT THE COURTS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHO NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED. DENI: SHE SAYS HER COUSIN DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD, BUT IN THE END A COURT ORDER COULDN’T PROTECT HER. >> IT’S JUST REALLY HARD. SHE’S JUST A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO KEEP US AND HER AND ESPECIALLY THOSE GIRLS, IN THEIR PRAYERS. DENI: AGAIN, POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT DID TAKE HIS OWN LIFE THIS MORNING. LMPD SAYS AT T

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Louisville Metro police are investigating a deadly shooting in the Bashford Manor neighborhood. It happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of Goldsmith Lane. Police said a woman was found shot multiple times inside an apartment. The victim's name has not yet been released but family members at the scene said they believe she was killed in a domestic violence incident. 'It's just sad that it had to end like this," said Sheena Stanley, the victim's cousin. Stanley said she believes the killer is a man her cousin knew and has had problems with over the past several years. "He's been over to her house on many occasions. He's physically assaulted her. He's busted out car windows. He's slit tires," Stanley explained. Court records show the victim filed for an emergency protective order last week and on Tuesday morning, a judge issued a domestic violence order. "She was trying to get away from him and he just wouldn't take no for an answer," Stanley said. Stanley said her cousin was a single mother to two daughters. "She was very sweet, very bubbly, caring person. (She) would give you the shirt off her back," Stanley said. Stanley believes her cousin's 8-year-old daughter was in the apartment when her mother was killed. "We just want to pull together and be here for everyone. This is a hard pill to swallow for the family," she said. She hopes her cousin's death will shed a light on how domestic violence can become deadly. "I do feel that everyone should always take the necessary precautions to protect themselves and also accumulate a paper trail so that the courts know what is going on and who needs to be protected," she said. Stanley said her cousin did everything she could, but in the end, a court order couldn't protect her. "It's just really hard. She's just a beautiful young lady and I would just like for everyone to keep us and her and especially those girls in their prayers," Stanley said. According to LMPD, the man suspected of the crime took his own life. Just a few hours after she was found dead, police say the suspect shot and killed himself inside a car on the Georgia Powers Expressway. LMPD says they don't believe anyone else was involved at this time.