HEARTBREAKING new details have surfaced about the murder of a six-year-old girl who was shot dead by her father in a horror murder-suicide.
Iyla Johnson was killed by her dad, Eric Johnson, 41, on Sunday in his Mt Healthy, Ohio home before he turned the gun on himself, reports say.
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The little girl was supposed to be picked up by police officers that were sent to her dad's house on Sunday.
The six-year-old was going to return to her mom due to a custody arrangement.
But when officers arrived, they found Eric had barricaded a room in the apartment.
He then began shooting at them, which triggered a SWAT team standoff, reported WLWT.
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Police said officers had "attempted to communicate with the barricaded individual," according to Law and Crime.
But after repeated attempts to do so, the hour-long standoff concluded with Iyla and her dad found "deceased, both suffering from gunshot wounds.”
The preliminary investigation suggests murder-suicide was the cause of death, according to police.
Mt Healthy Police Chief Vince Demasi said Eric Johnson should never have been in possession of a weapon.
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"Mr. Johnson has a long felony criminal record and is obviously an individual that – number one, shouldn’t be out and about on our streets.
"And number two – definitely should not be in possession of a firearm," Demasi said.
"But, unfortunately, he was"
A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise funds for the little girl's burial expenses.
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It states: "Iyla Johnson's life ended on 8/21/22. She was six years old and was murdered by her father, who then took his own life.
"Raising funds to help her mother with burial expenses for my precious granddaughter who is no longer with us."
