A 47-year-old man shot his girlfriend and then shot and killed himself Monday morning, according to Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown. The shooting happened around 6:30 a.m. on Oak Drive in Belton, McCown said. Belton police said they were called to a home on Oak Drive by a man who told them his daughter had been shot. Officers found the dead man and his girlfriend in a locked bedroom.The man was identified as Jean Cesar.McCown said an initial investigation indicates that Cesar shot his 39-year-old girlfriend, Takeshia Jamison, several times and then shot himself. McCown had initially identified the couple as married, but police later clarified they were boyfriend and girlfriend.Cesar died at the scene and Jamison was taken to AnMed, police said.Police said the shooting appears to have been an attempted murder and a suicide.

A 47-year-old man shot his girlfriend and then shot and killed himself Monday morning, according to Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown.

The shooting happened around 6:30 a.m. on Oak Drive in Belton, McCown said.


Belton police said they were called to a home on Oak Drive by a man who told them his daughter had been shot. Officers found the dead man and his girlfriend in a locked bedroom.

The man was identified as Jean Cesar.

McCown said an initial investigation indicates that Cesar shot his 39-year-old girlfriend, Takeshia Jamison, several times and then shot himself. McCown had initially identified the couple as married, but police later clarified they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Cesar died at the scene and Jamison was taken to AnMed, police said.

Police said the shooting appears to have been an attempted murder and a suicide.