Man Dies by Suicide After Shooting Ex-Girlfriend and Her Co-Worker, Police Say

On Thursday, shortly before 9 a.m., the man, identified by police as Xavier Starks, pulled up to the parking lot of Digestive Disease Associates, a gastroenterology center on the 1000 block of Reed Avenue in Wyomissing where his ex-girlfriend worked, investigators said.

Starks approached his ex-girlfriend who had just arrived to work and the two began arguing, according to police. The woman's co-worker then arrived and tried to intervene, police said. Starks allegedly pulled out a gun and opened fire, shooting his ex-girlfriend in the neck and face area.The woman's co-worker then tried to disarm Starks who fired again, police said. The co-worker was shot in the upper chest area.

Starks then pointed the gun at himself and opened fire, dying by suicide, according to investigators. “We know that this is a domestic incident. One of the victims was in a relationship with the shooter. The other was just an innocent bystander that was coming to work and then trying to help the coworker,” Wyomissing Police Department Chief John Phillips said. He added that police had had “contact” with the shooter in the past because of domestic violence.

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