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Killing likely self-defense, police say
Man shoots girlfriend's ex-husband
By Emily Roach
News Journal staff writer
As a convicted felon turned a large caliber handgun away from his ex-wife and son and fired at the woman's new boyfriend, that boyfriend killed in apparent self-defense.
Escambia County sheriff's investigators released William George Turner, 53, early Sunday after questioning him in the shooting death of Rahim Hedayat Nejad, 51, spokesman Sgt. Tony Bain said. The State Attorney's Office will make the final decision on whether charges should be filed.
Nejad was pointing a .40-caliber Beretta at his ex-wife, Pensacola High School English teacher Peggy Nejad, and their 17-year- old son when Turner forced his way in the bedroom, Bain said. Turner was in the house, heard Peggy Nejad scream, and grabbed his .38-caliber revolver from where it was being kept in the house on the 4000 block of Middlebury Drive.
``I had promised the two of them I would protect them from him,'' Turner said Sunday.
Problems between Nejad and his ex-wife had escalated during recent weeks after Nejad learned of Peggy Nejad's new relationship, Turner said. But Nejad was under a permanent injunction to stay away from his ex-wife and their son. The injunction was issued in March 1999, the same month Nejad had three arrests for violating the injunction. The two divorced in January.
Turner said Nejad showed up upset and asking to speak with his son. At about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Peggy Nejad allowed Rahim Nejad, who was carrying a briefcase, in the house. She and her son went into a back bedroom with Nejad just minutes before Turner heard her scream.
``As he pushed his way in the bedroom, Rahim turned the gun on Turner,'' Bain said.
Both men fired. Nejad's one round hit the wall beside Turner. Turner emptied his gun, hitting Nejad in the right chest with one of the five rounds.
``Our investigators at this time say the shooting appears to be self-defense, as (Turner) appeared to be in fear for his life as well as trying to protect Peggy Nejad and the son,'' Bain said. No one else was hit and Turner waited in the driveway for deputies to arrive.
Because Nejad was a convicted felon from a 1988 lewd and lascivious case, he was not supposed to have a weapon.
Investigators suspect the story Nejad told his ex-wife and son was a ruse to enter the home.
Nejad said he needed a paper signed. Investigators believe the Beretta was in the briefcase because the large gun would have been difficult to hide in the shorts and shirt Nejad was wearing, Bain said.
Turner said investigators told him there was no sign of a paper that needed to be signed. Apparently, Peggy Nejad screamed because Nejad was pointing the Beretta at her and her son.
``She needed me,'' Turner said. ``It was a terrible thing, having them see that.''
Copyright © 1997-2000 The Pensacola News Journal
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com./news/Today/Local/ST006.htm
Killing likely self-defense, police say
Man shoots girlfriend's ex-husband
By Emily Roach
News Journal staff writer
As a convicted felon turned a large caliber handgun away from his ex-wife and son and fired at the woman's new boyfriend, that boyfriend killed in apparent self-defense.
Escambia County sheriff's investigators released William George Turner, 53, early Sunday after questioning him in the shooting death of Rahim Hedayat Nejad, 51, spokesman Sgt. Tony Bain said. The State Attorney's Office will make the final decision on whether charges should be filed.
Nejad was pointing a .40-caliber Beretta at his ex-wife, Pensacola High School English teacher Peggy Nejad, and their 17-year- old son when Turner forced his way in the bedroom, Bain said. Turner was in the house, heard Peggy Nejad scream, and grabbed his .38-caliber revolver from where it was being kept in the house on the 4000 block of Middlebury Drive.
``I had promised the two of them I would protect them from him,'' Turner said Sunday.
Problems between Nejad and his ex-wife had escalated during recent weeks after Nejad learned of Peggy Nejad's new relationship, Turner said. But Nejad was under a permanent injunction to stay away from his ex-wife and their son. The injunction was issued in March 1999, the same month Nejad had three arrests for violating the injunction. The two divorced in January.
Turner said Nejad showed up upset and asking to speak with his son. At about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Peggy Nejad allowed Rahim Nejad, who was carrying a briefcase, in the house. She and her son went into a back bedroom with Nejad just minutes before Turner heard her scream.
``As he pushed his way in the bedroom, Rahim turned the gun on Turner,'' Bain said.
Both men fired. Nejad's one round hit the wall beside Turner. Turner emptied his gun, hitting Nejad in the right chest with one of the five rounds.
``Our investigators at this time say the shooting appears to be self-defense, as (Turner) appeared to be in fear for his life as well as trying to protect Peggy Nejad and the son,'' Bain said. No one else was hit and Turner waited in the driveway for deputies to arrive.
Because Nejad was a convicted felon from a 1988 lewd and lascivious case, he was not supposed to have a weapon.
Investigators suspect the story Nejad told his ex-wife and son was a ruse to enter the home.
Nejad said he needed a paper signed. Investigators believe the Beretta was in the briefcase because the large gun would have been difficult to hide in the shorts and shirt Nejad was wearing, Bain said.
Turner said investigators told him there was no sign of a paper that needed to be signed. Apparently, Peggy Nejad screamed because Nejad was pointing the Beretta at her and her son.
``She needed me,'' Turner said. ``It was a terrible thing, having them see that.''
Copyright © 1997-2000 The Pensacola News Journal