Influencer Sara Gilson reportedly sounded distraught in the background of a 911 phone call prior to her death.
“I’m trying to reach him [the caller] back, but I could hear a female in the background screaming and crying. Some sort of loud bang in the background,” an Owasso Police Department dispatcher told first respondents on Thursday, July 23, after receiving an emergency call from “a child who lived at the home,” per a Sunday, July 26, report by People.
Gilson, 43, was allegedly shot and killed by her estranged husband, Shawn Duffey, who was also found dead in the pair’s Oklahoma home, two weeks after the social media star accused him of pedophilia. Gilson, a hairstylist, is survived by her two children from a previous relationship.
Us has reached out to the Owasso Police Department for comment.
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The magazine reported that the call had been placed at 11:15 p.m. before officers arrived at the scene of the apparent murder-suicide. The dispatcher was also heard speaking to first respondents about a “male that we were looking for a few weeks ago after he got caught kissing a juvenile,” seemingly referencing Duffey.
Gilson claimed on July 11 via TikTok, where she had amassed 69,000 followers, that her marriage to Duffey, 48, had come to an end due to alleged pedophilia. (Duffey did not publicly address the allegations prior to his death.)
“Preparing for when Netflix drops a documentary about my soon-to-be ex-husband, who I just found out is a pedophile,” the influencer wrote over a video of herself sitting in a chair and pretending to get mic’d up as part of a viral social media trend in which users pretend to be interviewed by the streaming service.
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Gilson captioned the post, “I wish I was joking.”
According to People, Gilson had been granted a protective order against Duffey on July 10 on behalf of her minor daughter, “a 15-year-old-girl who played on the youth basketball team” that her husband had coached. The order, which was valid until August 24, ordered Duffey to leave the family’s home and stay 100 yards away from Gilson.
Per an earlier report by local news outlet The Oklahoman, Gilson claimed that Duffey had kissed and touched her daughter, and that his actions were witnessed by another coach.
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The girl allegedly told her mother that Duffey had engaged in additional inappropriate behavior, including sending her messages, inviting her to his hotel room during a tournament trip and offering her money “to keep her quiet.”
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