Overview

• According to court filings, Simpson sent multiple texts demanding entry to his ex’s apartment and threatened to kill her children if she did not comply.
• Court documents state he confronted the 19- and 16-year-old brothers on the stairs outside the apartment before opening fire.
• The 19-year-old son was shot in the abdomen and underwent surgery to have his spleen removed.
• The 13-year-old daughter avoided harm by hiding under clothes in a closet while her 12-year-old sister was critically wounded after Simpson kicked down their locked bathroom door.
• Simpson was arrested on August 1 and booked on $350,000 bond facing five felony counts including three counts of aggravated assault of a family member, unlawful firearm possession and burglary with intent to commit murder.