A woman who was shot by her stepdaughter's ex-boyfriend because she wouldn't let the girl spend time with him has died Mary Lou Hutson, 55, died  after a long battle against the injuries she sustained when Preston Pollard, 23, drove 15 hours to her house in Marion County, Florida, early Christmas morning and shot her. After a month and a half in hospital, Mrs Huston died Thursday. The official cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, the Marion County Sheriff's Office told Daily Mail Online. Pollard, an Air Force trainee from Venus, Texas, also shot Mrs Hutson's husband Richard, 36, when he stormed into the house after midnight.
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Mary Lou Hutson, 55, of Ocala, Florida, died from gunshot head wound
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Preston Pollard, 23, thought to have shot her as she opened door to home
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Suspected shooter had driven from Venus, Texas, a 15-hour journey by car
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Richard Hutson, 36, also fatally shot. Ex-girlfriend Rose escaped to neighbor
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Pollard's car later careened off highway after he shot himself in the head
Pollard shot Mrs @placeholder (left) before killing Mr Hutson in their Ocala, Florida, home on Christmas Day just after midnight