CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The man accused of killing a teenage girl and a man early Sunday morning in south Charlotte had an extensive criminal history.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said 23-year-old John Bocek shot Matthew Allen Chaplin and Jenna Hewitt at a home near the Providence Country Club before turning the gun on himself.
NBC Charlotte learned Bocek made troubling social media posts and was the subject of a previous order of protection accusing him of death threats in 2017.
"The defendant has hit me physically multiple times," the order of protection said. "He has (tried) to run me over. He slammed my head against a car door busting my eyelid open and middle of my forehead, put a bag over my head (until I was losing) breath completely to kill me. Held me at gunpoint and put me in the trunk for four hours while beating me, taking me into the woods and beating me with it and kept telling me I was going to die. Dragged me out of the car by my hair and beat me."
The woman said she later learned the gun was fake. According to her order of protection, she also documented that Bocek called her 17 times saying he would come and murder her.
Bocek pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and cyberstalking more than a year ago. Police confirmed he received 45 days in jail as a result.
Court records show Bocek faced more than 40 criminal charges in Mecklenburg and Union counties in recent years, but prosecutors dismissed 30 of them. Bocek touted himself as "Teflon John" on Instagram due to the number of cases prosecutors dismissed against him.
More recently, Bocek faced separate charges related to drugs and weapons out of Union County. In fact, he was scheduled to appear in court Monday to face those charges, which included possession of a firearm by a felon.
In the months leading up to Sunday's shooting, images appeared on Bocek's Instagram account, including, "murder is okay" -- "Just to let you know, your days are numbered" -- and "I'd shoot you in the face before I'd ever stab you in the back."
Bocek's last post from four days ago said, "I based my dreams upon my lifestyle; therefore all I have is nightmares." Another post from September warned people not to get on his bad side, because he wasn't afraid of going to jail.
16-year-old Kate Chaplin believes she survived the shooting that killed her father and friend so she could be left to suffer.
"I think the motivation was psychological warfare," Kate told NBC Charlote. "I was not a target ... he was after people close to me."
Kate met Bocek on Instagram back in January. They met up and hung out, but she says when he became infatuated with her and she wasn't interested, he wouldn't take no for an answer.
That infatuation led to an attack at her home last week that left her with a concussion. CMPD said they had their Violent Criminal Apprehension Team looking for him since Friday, searching in Indian Trail, Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties.
They didn't find him before he showed up at the Chaplin home Sunday. Kate told NBC Charlotte he left a final eerie message to one of their friends saying, "I let Kate live, but know she was the reason for my suicide."
"You have this idea that it just happens to other people, no that's never [going to] be me, but you really just have to be safe online," Kate said. "You have to be safe about the people you surround yourself with."