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<h6 id="google_ads_iframe_/424397508/dailymail.uk/dm_dmnews_newsart/billboard_0__container__"><strong><span style="color: #4a3a3a;">Kendrick Akins, 39, was arrested by Houston police on Saturday evening accused of killing his 33-year-old fiancée </span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #4a3a3a;">Witnesses say Akins shot Dominic Jefferson, during argument near her home just days after he proposed to her on New Year&#8217;s Eve&#8217;</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #4a3a3a;">Shooting took place during argument that erupted in the apt complex parking lot around midnight on Saturday</span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #4a3a3a;">One neighbor heard arguing and ran to help Jefferson, but Akins allegedly fired gun </span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #4a3a3a;">Akins allegedly shot Jefferson and then fled the scene before police arrived </span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #4a3a3a;">On New Year&#8217;s Eve, Akins posted video on Facebook showing marriage proposal </span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #4a3a3a;">The couple had been together three months</span></strong></h6>
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<strong>Police in Houston arrested Kendrick Akins, [photo], on Saturday evening for allegedly shooting his fiancee just days after he proposed to his girlfriend on New Year&#8217;s Eve </strong></h6>
<div>A newly engaged Houston man was arrested for allegedly shooting his fiancée dead near her Houston apartment, four days after he proposed to her on New Year’s Eve.<br />
Kendrick Akins was taken into custody by authorities on the evening of January 4, hours after he arrived at a Houston police station for questioning in the afternoon.<br />
Investigators say Akins, 39, fatally shot 33-year-old Dominic Jefferson in the parking lot of her apartment building on Holly View Drive during an argument at around midnight on Saturday.<br />
One neighbor overheard the couple argue and came outside to help the woman, Akins allegedly fired a shot at the neighbor, but missed, <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-sought-in-fatal-shooting-of-woman-he-proposed-14949434.php">according to police</a>.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-340338" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Kendrick-Akins-left-fatally-shot-his-fiancee-Dominic-Jefferson-right-4.jpg" alt="Kendrick Akins [left], fatally shot his fiancee, Dominic Jefferson [right] 4" width="676" height="431" /><strong>Kendrick Akins, [left] proposed to his girlfriend Dominic Jefferson [right], on New Year&#8217;s Eve. Four days later, he allegedly murdered her.</strong> <strong>Akins was arrested on Saturday evening. Houston police say he fatally shot his fiancée, around midnight just hours earlier</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-340362" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Scene-outside-the-apt-cpmplex-after-Kendrick-Akins-shot-his-fiancee-Dominic-Jefferson-in-Houston-TX-3-1.jpg" alt="Scene outside the apt cpmplex after Kendrick Akins shot his fiancee, Dominic Jefferson in Houston, TX 3.jpg" width="1200" height="800" /></span><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Witnesses at the apt complex told police they saw Akins shoot Dominic Jefferson around midnight on Saturday, during an argument in the parking lot in front of Jefferson&#8217;s apt in Houston</span></strong></h6>
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<div class="sciencetech item html_snippet module"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Police arrived at the scene and found Jefferson’s body on the ground next to a car with its door still open.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Akins had left the parking lot by the time officers arrived, according to the Chronicle.<br />
Police said they began searching for Akins after he was identified by witnesses as the victim’s fiance.<br />
Akins then went to a police station for an interview with investigators. At the time he arrived at the station, he was considered a person of interest rather than a suspect. However, hours later his status changed after he was arrested and charged.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-340335" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Kendrick-Akins-left-fatally-shot-his-fiancee-Dominic-Jefferson-right-1.jpg" alt="Kendrick Akins [left], fatally shot his fiancee, Dominic Jefferson [right] 1" width="670" height="596" />The murder took place just days after the victim, Dominic Jefferson, posted video on her Facebook showing the live stream of Akins proposing to her on New Year&#8217;s Eve</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-340347" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Dominic-Jefferson-5.jpg" alt="Dominic Jefferson 5" width="687" height="793" /><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Jefferson posted photos on Facebook showing off her engagement ring, expressing her joy at her recent engagement to the man who killed her days later</span></strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">‘Nobody deserves to die like that,’ Jefferson&#8217;s sister, Charmone Onyeije, told <a class="class" href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/police-searching-for-man-accused-of-fatally-shooting-woman-in-parking-lot/285-ec67ad05-a74f-456c-b498-a39404ff4798" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">KHOU-TV</a>.<br />
‘I’m not going to let her die in vain, but I am going to celebrate her life as we know it.’<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Jefferson’s family said the couple had been together for about three months.<br />
During that time, they had never heard of any problems in the relationship, according to KHOU-TV.<br />
</span>Police said they are searching for surveillance videos from the area for more evidence.<br />
Akins live streamed his proposal to Jefferson on Facebook on New Year’s Eve.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Shocked Family and friends posted tributes to Dominic Jefferson, who leaves behind two sons and a daughter, on Facebook </span></strong></h6>
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Video posted to Facebook shows Akins wear a white t-shirt with the words ‘Dominic will you marry me?’ written on the front.<br />
In the video, Jefferson is wearing a blindfold and is seated on a couch in what appears to be a living room.<br />
Akins then proposes to her by revealing an engagement ring.<br />
Jefferson posted video and photos on New Year’s Eve to document the joyous occasion.<br />
‘Happy new years to us 2020 it’s up there,’ she wrote in a post.<br />
According to her Facebook account, Akins worked as a cashier at Wendy’s.<br />
Jefferson&#8217;s family say the mother-of-three owned a company called All About BLACC Enterprises, which promoted live shows and events, with a focus on helping African-American women succeed in the arts.</div>
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Neighbors witnessed Kendrick Akins, 39, shoot dead his fiancée, Dominic Jefferson, during an argument near her home in Houston, four ‘days after he proposed to her on New Year’s Eve’
