Heartbreaking final words of son who was ‘fatally shot in the head by his father’ while protecting his pregnant fiancée

The heartbreaking final words of a son who was allegedly fatally shot by his father have been revealed.

Kevin Luster, 26, was allegedly shot in the head by his father while protecting his pregnant fiancée, after the two reportedly got into a heated altercation on Christmas Eve outside of a home in High Ridge, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Kevin’s mother, Katherine Ward, was reportedly waiting for the soon-to-be-father and his partner to come over to her house to celebrate the holiday but before he went over there, he decided to pop in and visit his father, Harold Luster.

However, the three allegedly got embroiled in an argument over cheating allegations related to Katherine which resulted in the 61-year-old reportedly pulling a gun on his son’s fiancée, Kaitlyn, claiming that she had been “withholding information”.

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“Do you wanna get shot?” he allegedly asked her, per The Kansas City Star.

Kevin stepped in to protect her, allegedly telling her to give him a knife and leave the property or “call 911 if something happened,” but just as she turned to go, she heard the conversation between the father-and-son duo take a wrong turn.

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“You’re not going to shoot her,” Kevin told his father, according to the probable cause statement as reported by the outlet.

“You wanna get shot instead?” Harold allegedly responded.

The woman then claimed she saw his father shoot a single shot at Kevin’s forehead before he collapsed to the ground.

He was later pronounced dead at the scene.

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Footage of the incident was caught on camera by a neighbour’s surveillance camera which showed a flash before the victim fell to the ground.

“A senseless act took my baby away from me,” Katherine Ward told KSDK on Friday.

The heartbroken mother then gave further details about what allegedly caused the initial altercation, stating: “[Harold] and another family member had been arguing prior, that did not have nothing to do with Kevin.

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“He was already worked up over that incident,” she added.

Katherine also stated that Harold called her during the argument as she was preparing to have the couple over for Christmas Eve and heard her son saying: “Dad, why are you doing this? I don’t deserve this,” before he ended the call.

The 61-year-old was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He was jailed without bond.

“Kevin died with a gunshot to his forehead and his hands tucked in his pockets,” Katherine told the outlet.

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“He was ultimately going to shoot Kevin’s fiancée and Kevin sacrificed himself, he was the hero that night. He would rather die than have her and that baby taken,” she added.

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