Brianna Sanchez’s children were home on Nov. 17 when their mother’s former boyfriend fatally shot her, police and family say.

The three girls heard her screaming, said Sanchez’s sister, Marlene Sanchez, adding the 15-year-old, 12-year-old and 2-year-old came out of a room.

“He yelled at them to get in the room,” she said.

Benjamin Aguilar Orozco shot himself, police said.

Officers headed to the apartment complex at 750 E. Third St. around 6:40 p.m. on Monday.

Orozco, 57, of Pomona, died at a hospital from a gunshot wound to the head, while 34-year-old Brianna Sanchez died in the apartment from being shot in the head and neck, the medical examiner’s office said.

Orozco’s family couldn’t be reached for comment on Friday morning.

Sanchez’s children had to walk past their mother’s b

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