Suspected gunman in Navarro County murder-suicide had history of violence, court documents say

The suspected gunman in a Navarro County murder-suicide that left five people dead, including a 4-year-old boy, had previously served jail time in Dallas for resisting arrest and had a history of violence toward his family, court records show. Kevin James Milazzo, 40, is suspected in the deaths of four family members who were killed early Saturday. The victims were identified as Hunter Freeman, 4, the son of Milazzo’s ex-girlfriend; Joshua Milazzo, 21, Milazzo’s son; Connie Mimms, 61, Milazzo’s mother; and William Mimms, 68, Milazzo’s stepfather. Three other people were injured in the incident. Their names were not released and their conditions were unknown as of Saturday. Milazzo died Saturday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Milazzo was arrested Sept. 30, 2016, on a charge of resisting arrest after an incident that involved someone he was dating. Dallas police responded to an Extended Stay America hotel in the 2900 block of North Stemmons Freeway in Stemmons Corridor about 4:30 a.m. and found a woman who had burns on her face and chest. A hotel employee called police after she heard Milazzo and the woman fighting in the hallway, the affidavit said. When the employee asked the woman if she was OK, she responded that Milazzo had spilled hot coffee on her. The employee also told police that Milazzo had hit the woman, the affidavit said. The woman told responding officers that she was holding a pile of clothes and that Milazzo had poured hot coffee on top of the pile, burning her chest. She refused to have photos taken of the burns or give a statement to police, the affidavit said. According to the affidavit, the woman continuously told police: “Look what y’all have done, now that he’s going to jail I’m going to be dead when he gets out. He’s going to kill me and I will never see my baby.”