“It's not unusual to not pursue those those avenues in the court system,” Tripp said today. “It doesn't mean there was no domestic violence. We have no knowledge of a history other than what happened that night.”
The victim's boyfriend, Jimmy Harrison Jr., died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Tripp said. “There was no other evidence to suggest his death was foul play. The evidence shows he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
The shooting, which occurred in the early morning hours of September 22, also resulted in a hand injury to an 8-year-old boy while two other children escaped from the residence on Mills Road in Hollister unharmed.
