‘If your partner … threatens your life, you better believe it’: Mom warns others after Navy sailor son is allegedly murdered by wife, says he’s ‘an example’

A U.S. Navy sailor was gunned down successful his ain location — changeable archetypal successful the stomach, past executed with a slug to the caput — allegedly by the pistillate helium erstwhile called his wife. Now, his parent is sharing her son’s communicative successful an effort to assistance others flight the aforesaid alleged fate.

“If your spouse oregon spouse has ever said thing that threatens your life, you amended judge it,” said Calvin Wang’s mother, speaking nether the information of anonymity to Richmond CBS affiliate WTVR astir her son’s 2023 murder. “Never, ever deliberation astir this arsenic a joke, oregon this arsenic an aggravated remark,” she urged. “You know, you amended presume the worst than instrumentality chances. My lad is an example.”

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Christina Wang, 32, is accused of sidesplitting her estranged 37-year-old hubby — described successful his obituary arsenic a main petty serviceman and begetter who “never raised his voice” — successful July 2023, astir a twelvemonth aft the mates had filed for divorce, WTVR reports.

Calvin Wang’s parent told the outlet that determination wasn’t carnal unit successful the relationship, but she knew of alleged issues related to Christina being threatening toward her son. She was besides allegedly jealous, to the constituent wherever Christina was allegedly making posts connected the dating app Bumble that said, “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” and informing others that Calvin was married.

“There was signs,” the ma alleged.

Just a mates of days earlier Calvin Wang’s death, Christina Wang allegedly took to Bumble and wrote, “This is my hubby Calvin. If you spot him connected this app oregon immoderate of the others delight cognize that helium is MARRIED. And delight fto maine cognize if helium matches/chats with you,” according to Norfolk CBS affiliate WTKR. However, according to a ailment filed arsenic portion of the pending divorce, Calvin Wang’s lawyer accused Christina Wang of being the 1 committing adultery.

On July 17, 2023, 1 of Calvin Wang’s co-workers reached retired to Christina Wang aft not proceeding from him and she allegedly told the idiosyncratic that she changeable him. Police were contacted and went to a Virginia Beach residence wherever Calvin Wang’s assemblage was located. Officials accidental helium was killed 2 days earlier, with Christina Wang allegedly gunning him down during an statement that included her slapping him, WTVR reported.

When Calvin Wang told her to leave, Christina Wang pulled retired a pistol and changeable him successful the tummy and past the head, according to police.

Surveillance cameras acceptable up wrong the location allegedly captured parts of the deadly encounter, but the footage has not been released.

Christina Wang is presently locked up without bond, awaiting her trial for second-degree murder. Calvin Wang’s parent described him arsenic a loving begetter who was a “very honest” and “decent” person.

“Every night, Calvin was the idiosyncratic to springiness [his son] a bath, work a communicative to him, and instrumentality him to slumber with him,” the ma said, earlier issuing a hopeless last plea to others.

“Don’t deliberation you tin alteration anybody,” she told WTVR. “You conscionable person to support yourself. You person to beryllium brave. You person to archer yourself: ‘break the comfortableness zone.'”

Christina Wang is scheduled to spell connected proceedings successful July.