A πΈπ½ππΆππΎππ husband has been charged with gunning down his wife as their children frantically called 911 β just days after the mom-of-four kicked him out of their home and hit him with a restraining order.
Cecil Mains, 47 is accused of murdering his 44-year-old wife, Jerri Mains, in front of their terrified kids β ages 19, 17, 14, and 10 β in their Indianapolis home on Dec. 28, police said.
Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls from the coupleβs children as the violence was unfolding β with their 10-year-old daughter begging for help, saying: βMy dad is shooting my mom;β βIβm hiding;β βPlease help me;β βMy mom had a restraining order against him;β βI heard gunshots.β
Jerri Mains was allegedly murdered by. her husband, Cecil Mains.Facebook / Jeri Mains
Cecil Mains is accused of murdering his wife in front of their children.Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
βI canβt live without her,β the girl heartbreakingly cried.
βMy dad just shot my mom twiceβ¦ He shot her in the house and in the driveway,β the coupleβs eldest child added in a separate 911 call.
The slain victim, who was discovered by cops in the driveway, later died in the hospital after being shot twice in the chest, police said.
The deadly saga allegedly unfolded after the wife had apparently ππππ°ππ Mains πΈπ½ππΆππΎππ on her and planned to leave him, court documents obtained by The Post showed.
After booting him from the family home, she filed a protection order on Christmas Day after Mains allegedly assaulted her with kitchen tongs the night before and threatened to ππΎππ her multiple times.
Days later, Mains allegedly stormed in, grabbed a gun from inside a safe and opened fire on his wife, cops said.
Cecil and Jerry Mains in an undated photo.Facebook / Jeri Mains
Their 19-year-old son told cops he was trying to intervene when he saw his dad waving the firearm, according to court documents.
He alleged he saw his father shoot his mom once near the front door and then again in the driveway.
Mains allegedly fled the scene in his pickup truck in the wake of the shooting but was nabbed nearby during a traffic stop.
Police ππΆπ π off a house in Indianapolis where a man reportedly shot and killed his wife in front of their children.
βThe facts of this case are devastating,β Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said in a statement.
βAs we move forward with the criminal proceedings, our thoughts remain with Jeriβs four children, who have endured an unthinkable tragedy and are now facing an incredibly difficult journey ahead.β
Mains was slapped with a murder charge on Tuesday.
Jeri, meanwhile, was described in her obituary as the βmost devoted mother.β
βShe loved her children so much that in everything that she did, she put her childrenβs consideration first,β the tribute stated.
βJeri loved her family and friends fiercely. She was the person you would want in your corner, as she would do everything for those she cared about.β



















