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In hindsight, the red flags were everywhere.

But when Florida mom Megan Hiatt, 22, decided to end her abusive
relationship back on Nov. 13, 2015, she never imagined her ex, Gawain
Rushane Wilson, would grab his AR-15 and fire several shots as she cradled their 5-month-old twin daughters, Hayden Rose and Kayden Reese, in her
arms.

By the time he was done, Wilson, 28, killed both girls, Hiatt�s father and himself.

Hiatt was shot seven times. Bullets struck her chest and abdomen. Her
lungs and kidneys were the only organs not pierced. The gunfire hit her
left wrist and shattered her left leg and knee.

She lost her left eye and was unable to walk.

Now, nine years and 50 surgeries later, and long after the national
headlines, the 31-year-old Texan can get around without a walker or
wheelchair, and is ready to start her life again.

She�s even yearning for another chance at motherhood with her husband,
Joseph Johnson, who she married in 2021.

She�ll soon learn from doctors whether the couple may still be able to
conceive naturally, or need to turn to in vitro fertilization. She has
started a GoFundMe to help with related costs.

�I�m completely physically independent, and that has been such a complete blessing. It took me nine years, but it was worth every second of it,� she said.

Hiatt had packed her things ready to leave Wilson for good on that tragic
day. A close friend and her dad, Travis James Hiatt, 49, stood outside
Wilson�s Jacksonville home to provide support. She was discussing a co- parenting plan with him when he �started shaking physically� and became �visibly distraught.�

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�We were on the couch; he had Reese, I had Rose, and we were feeding them bottles,� she said. �My things were packed into a truck outside, and he
flew into a rage.�

�He asked, �Are we over?�

�Yes,� she replied.

�Are you sure we�re over?�

�We�re not meant to be in a relationship together,'� she said.

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Wilson stood up, �threw Reese on the couch,� and went to the closet where
he kept his firearms.

�He told me, �I am going to murder your dad, and you�re going to watch.
I�ll show what�s over, bitch.'�

When he heard Hiatt scream, her father came barreling through the front
door. Wilson opened fire. Over and over, Hiatt�s fearless father was
downed by bullets, yet continued to push himself back up.

Wilson, who was an engine mechanic for the Navy, then turned the weapon
toward Hiatt and the girls.

�At this point, I know we�re going to die,� she said. �What am I going to
do battling an AR-15? I was hysterical, and I was ready to die with
daughters in my arms, protecting them the best way I could.�

After fatally shooting the �sweet and beautiful� babies and critically
wounding Hiatt, Wilson stood over the mother of his dead daughters and
shot himself in the head.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/25/us-news/megan-hiatt-who-held-twin-newborns- as-ex-gawain-wilson-shot-them-to-death-ready-to-be-a-mom-again/

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