You don't shoot someone you care about 9 times!
Yeah, he know he was going to lose everything and go to jail for a very long time. So he took the coward's way out.
Drudge has a report that Belcher kissed her on the forehead after he shot her, then he kissed his baby goodbye. Sigh, how sweet. You know, if Obama had a son, he would look just like Belcher.