Man shoots and kills ex-wife, himself after she posted about their marriage woes on TikTok

A person traveled greater than 700 miles to his ex-wife’s Chicago house and shot her useless in a murder-suicide after she wrote about their relationship woes on TikTok, in line with experiences.

Sania Khan, 29, and her former husband, Raheel Ahmad, 36, had been each discovered with gunshot wounds to the pinnacle in her Windy Metropolis rental final week, in line with the Chicago Solar-Instances.

The pair had been married lower than a 12 months and divorced in Could. Ahmad, of Alpharetta, Georgia, traveled to Illinois final week earlier than the violence exploded.

Khan, a Pakistani American photographer, had ceaselessly described the pressures she confronted in in search of a break up with Ahmad.

“Going by means of a divorce as a South Asian lady feels such as you failed at life generally,” she wrote in a single put up. “The best way the neighborhood labels you, the shortage of assist you obtain, and the stress to stick with somebody as a result of ‘what is going to individuals say’ makes it tougher for girls to go away marriages that they shouldn’t have been in to start with.”

She wrote that her household exerted stress on her to maintain the union intact — with some even threatening suicide if she refused.

Sania Khan
Sania Khan was pronounced useless final week after she was shot within the head.
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Sania Khan
Khan was married to her husband for a 12 months.
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Sania khan
She shared her divorce journey struggles on TikTok.
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Sania Khan
The photographer struggled to maintain the wedding intact.
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Police responded to Khan’s house after Ahmad’s household reported him lacking and expressed concern for his welfare.

After they knocked on Khan’s door, officers heard a single gunshot and an audible groan, the outlet reported. They discovered Khan useless inside and Ahmad affected by a mortal gunshot wound.

Khan said her family was not supportive of her divorce.
Khan mentioned her household was not supportive of her divorce.
Sania Khan/TikTok

On her skilled web site, Khan, a former flight attendant, mentioned she grew up in Tennessee earlier than shifting to Chicago in 2021. She had deliberate to maneuver again to her house state earlier than she was killed.

A pal advised the Solar-Instances that Khan was a social employee earlier than she turned a flight attendant to assist herself financially whereas pursuing her ardour for images.

Sania Khan's apartment
Raheel Ahmad, Khan’s former husband, visited Chicago per week earlier than the tragedy.

Others near Khan advised Time journal that Ahmad was a controlling presence in her life and stifled her with never-ending scrutiny.

“He monitored what she wore,” Gabriella Bordo advised the outlet. “He was cautious about who she frolicked with, how she introduced herself.”

Bordo additionally asserted that Ahmad’s motive in visiting his ex was clear.

“There was no reconciling,” Bordo mentioned. “This man didn't go there to salvage a wedding. He went there with a gun for a motive.”

Others mentioned Khan had lengthy thought of getting a restraining order in opposition to her former partner however by no means did.

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