Daycare owner, 50, who shot ex-cop husband drove to confront him at DC hotel after SECOND parent accused him of molesting their keeids weeks after CPS

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Daycare owner, 50, who shot ex-cop husband drove to confront him at DC hotel after SECOND parent accused him of molesting their kids - weeks after CPS shut down her center over abuse claims
The behind-bars daycare owner who shot her retired-cop husband in a DC hotel last week drove there to confront him after learning of a second abuse allegation against him, weeks after their Maryland center was shut down by Child Protective Services when the first allegation was made, DailyMail.com can reveal.

Shanteari Weems, 50, is in custody in Washington being held on charges of domestic violence and weapons offenses. On Thursday, she shot her husband, retired cop James Weems Jr., in his room at the Mandarin Oriental, a 5-star, $400-a-night hotel where he was staying overnight to attend a conference.

DailyMail.com can reveal that Weems, a mother herself who has spent 20 years working in childcare, drove from her home in Randallstown, Maryland, to DC in a frenzy after being told by one of the parents at her daycare that her husband had abused their child.

It was the second accusation against him; the first shuttered Lil Kidz Kastle, the daycare Shanteari runs where her husband worked as a bus driver.

Shanteari Weems, 50, and her husband, James Weems Jr., 57. Today, she is in custody on intent to kill and weapons charges after shooting him, and he is in the hospital. He has been arrested with child sex offenses relating to alleged abuse at the daycare center his wife has run since 2015
When Shanteari heard the second allegation, she drove 50 miles south to Washington to confront him in his room. Her lawyer claims he became violent, and that is when she fired a weapon at him in self-defense. It remains unclear whose weapon it was.

Now, Shanteari's lawyer and family are fighting for her to be freed, while James awaits his first court date on child sex abuse charges.

'She is in hell. This is a woman who was completely and utterly traumatized by having these mothers come to her.

'She did not want him to touch another child... not on her watch - that's for damn sure.

'She has been doing this for 20 years. She built this business from scratch. Her whole life's work is that mothers trust her and allow her to care for their kids while they go to work. To have this happen... and it is not even an employee.

'It's her husband,' attorney Tony Garcia told DailyMail.com.

The first allegations were made against James Weems earlier this month. As a result, the daycare was closed abruptly.

Weems is a 57-year-old retired cop who had been working in private security, and who had been helping at the daycare by driving a bus.

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