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Blood-stained purple gloves and a wig were what officers saw when Arsenio Davis slipped back into his mother’s home through the back door, carrying two backpacks just moments after she had been found dead inside. Federal task force officers had arrived around 1:30 a.m. to a shots-fired call on Helsley Road, where they discovered Betty Pratt lifeless in her own house. Witnesses said Davis, her son, had been seen with two guns, firing first at a man who tried to speak to him and then at his mother. A later search revealed another victim, an unidentified man in the kitchen, shot multiple times in the face, back, arms, and hands, with one arm partly severed. Davis, a former convict, now faces murder and weapons charges. Two officers were also injured during the chaos, one by a dog and another by a woman who forced her way into the scene. Deep sympathy goes to the victims whose lives were lost.

The early hours of a chilling night on Helsley Road unraveled a tragic sequence of events that would leave a community in shock and mourning. 

When federal task force officers arrived just after 1:30 a.m., they were met with a scene of chaos and violence that would soon reveal the devastating toll of Arsenio Davis’s actions. 

Clad in blood-stained purple gloves and a wig, Davis’s appearance was startling and disturbing an unsettling image that underscored the brutality of the night’s events. 

He slipped back into his mother’s home through the back door, carrying two backpacks, moments after the lifeless body of Betty Pratt, his mother, was discovered inside.

The officers’ investigation began with the grim discovery of Betty Pratt’s body, her life cut short in her own home. Witnesses in the neighborhood recounted seeing Davis earlier that night, armed with two guns. 

Their accounts painted a picture of escalating violence Davis was said to have fired at a man who attempted to speak to him, and then turned his weapons on his own mother. 

The shots rang out in the quiet neighborhood, shattering any sense of safety residents might have felt. It was a scene of utter chaos, with Davis’s erratic and violent behavior leaving a trail of destruction.

Further searches of the residence uncovered another victim

a man whose identity remained unknown at the time. He was found in the kitchen, shot multiple times in the face, back, arms, and hands. 

One of his arms was partly severed, a gruesome detail that underscored the ferocity of the attack.

The circumstances of his presence in the house and his connection to the victims or Davis himself remained unclear, raising questions about the motive behind the violence. 

The scene was one of horror, with blood splattered across the walls and floors, evidence of a night that had spiraled into unimaginable brutality.

Davis, a man with a criminal history, now faced severe charges murder and weapons violations. His past as a convicted felon complicated the legal proceedings, but the evidence from that night was overwhelming. 

The chaos was compounded when two officers were injured one by an aggressive dog that had possibly been unleashed during the tumult, and another by a woman who forcefully entered the scene, adding to the chaos and danger. 

The injuries to the officers underscored the volatile nature of the situation and the perils law enforcement officers face in such violent confrontations.

Amidst the horror, the community and authorities expressed deep sympathy for the victims and their families. 

The loss of Betty Pratt and the unidentified man was a tragedy that rippled through the neighborhood, leaving a void in the lives of loved ones and friends. 

The images of Davis’s blood-stained gloves and wig serve as haunting symbols of the night’s violence reminders of the tragic consequences when conflict spirals beyond control. 

As the legal process unfolds, the focus remains on justice for the victims and support for those affected by this devastating act of violence. 

The community mourns, hoping that such a night of horror will never be repeated.