"Smaller than ex-boyfriend"... US man kills mistress who mocked his masculinity

When Asked About Motive for Murder, He Stated "He Insulted My Masculinity"

A former U.S. deputy sheriff was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for shooting and killing his mistress, claiming she insulted him.

On the 24th (local time), the New York Post reported that Jason Moose Cunningham, who worked at the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in Georgia, was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Nicole Harrington (then 37) in June 2020.

Jason Moose Cunningham, who worked at the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in Georgia.
[Photo by New York Post]

According to a statement from the Augusta District Attorney's Office in Georgia, Cunningham stated that he shot Harrington, a mother of three and his mistress, in the back of the head because she "insulted his masculinity."

According to a statement obtained from WRDW broadcasting station, Cunningham told investigators that on June 18, 2020, around 6 a.m., he met Harrington at the Augusta Convention Center parking lot and decided to end their affair.

The two argued at the location about Harrington's new boyfriend. When Harrington mocked Cunningham by saying his "private parts" were smaller compared to her new boyfriend, Cunningham became enraged and shot her in the head.

Cunningham, who resigned from his deputy sheriff position in 2018 after failing a drug test, is accused of killing Harrington, the daughter of a retired sheriff, in a parking lot in downtown Augusta and leaving her in an elevator where she died. Cunningham was arrested after an eight-hour standoff with police at Clarks Hill Lake immediately following the crime.