Tennessee Man Kills 2 Women, Self After Visitation Hearing

A retired Navy man shot and killed his former girlfriend and her mother Friday outside a courthouse following a child visitation hearing, then killed himself in a hotel room after a three-hour standoff with police.

Michael Angelo Hill, 45, shot Tressa Fisher, 30, and her mother, Thelma Fisher, 72, with a handgun.

Hill had been granted a two-day visit with his daughter during the morning court hearing, said police spokesman Don Aaron.

Hill fled the shooting scene and drove to a hotel 10 miles away, where police found him five hours later. They evacuated most of the hotel and began negotiating with Hill by telephone.

Hill killed himself with a shot to the head, Aaron said.

Witnesses outside the courthouse told police Hill reloaded his gun and shot the women again as they lay in the parking lot.

The couple’s 3-year-old daughter, Taylor, was not present. Authorities spent three hours calling day-care centers until the child was found and placed in state custody.

Hill and the two women had attended the court hearing. His former girlfriend had custody of their daughter, and Hill complained that she was not cooperating on visitation.