# Man shot mother of 8 in front of 9-year-old daughter after accusing her of cheating

> Man fatally shot estranged girlfriend in Milwaukee home after accusing her of cheating, police say.
- Title: Man shot mother of 8 in front of 9-year-old daughter after…
- Summary: Man fatally shot estranged girlfriend in Milwaukee home after accusing her of cheating, police say. Tavarris Jones, 41, was charged with first-degree…
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- Topics: tavarris jones, kazzie ference, milwaukee, domestic violence, first-degree intentional homicide, milwaukee county sheriff, 9-year-old daughter, milwaukee county jail, cash bond, go fund me, crime, news
## Tavarris Jones charged
Tavarris Jones, 41, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide with modifiers for using a deadly weapon and domestic violence.
## Shooting at Milwaukee home
Police responded to a 911 call at 2:36 a.m. reporting a shooting at Ference's Milwaukee home.
## Ference found dead
Officers arriving at the home found Ference dead of multiple gunshot wounds.
## Children present
Several young children were also in the home, including the former couple's 9-year-old daughter.
## Child witness
A child told police she was asleep when she heard two gunshots and believed her mother was dead due to large blood amounts.
## Child called 911
The child called 911 and told dispatchers, 'My momma got shot'.

> My momma got shot
## Jones left home
The child said Jones left at 1:50 a.m. and provided video evidence of him leaving.
## Date of incident
Ference went on a date with another man on the night of Oct. 9.
## Child saw gun
The child saw Jones holding a gun to her mother's head after the shooting.
## Jones' statement
Jones allegedly told the child, 'That what you get for cheat[ing] on me… You not gonna cheat on me no more [because] you dead'.

> That what you get for cheat[ing] on me… You not gonna cheat on me no more [because] you dead
## GoFundMe started
A GoFundMe started by one of Ference's eight children said she was a mother and grandmother who died in a 'senseless act of domestic violence'.
## Jones in custody
Jones is currently in custody at the Milwaukee County Jail on a $500,000 cash bond.
## Next court date
Jones' next court date is scheduled for Oct. 20.
## Children's account
The child said Ference took away Jones' keys to the home and he was not her father but the father of the other four children.
## Key takeaway

Tavarris Jones, 41, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide after allegedly shooting his estranged girlfriend Kazzie Ference, 42, in Milwaukee on Oct. 10.