Woman & man found shot to death in Brooklyn apartment
A mother of three and a man neighbors believed to be her boyfriend were found dead of gunshot wounds in a Brooklyn apartment, police said Saturday.
Detectives are looking into the possibility that the man found dead in the Cypress Hills building killed the woman and then himself, a police source with knowledge of the case said.
Cops responding to a report of a crime in progress found a 43-yearold woman and a 40-year-old man unconscious inside an apartment on Logan St. near Etna St. about 4:45 p.m. Friday.
Both victims had been shot in the head and were declared died at the scene. A firearm was found near the man’s body, police said.
Neighbors said the dead woman, who was originally from the Dominican Republic, lived with her young daughter and two sons.
“She was a really nice lady. She’s calm and stays to herself,” said a neighbor who gave his name as Xavier.
“She would host karaoke parties. She would have family over,” Xavier said.
Another neighbor, Grace Hernandez, 58, said she last saw the woman three Saturdays ago. “She opened the door and she kissed her daughter goodbye when the father came to pick her up,” Hernandez said.
The building super, Santos Araujo, said he noticed a turn in the woman’s behavior when she began dating a man he described as “antisocial” a few months back.
“She was a happy lady. Very happy. She liked music,” said Araujo.
“After she met this guy she changed a lot. She used to play music a lot. After December we noticed she doesn’t play music. It’s weird.”
The victims’ names were not immediately disclosed Saturday as cops worked to notify family members.
“It’s very sad because we are all like family in this building,” Araujo said.
Last month, Jason Jackson, 35, shot his girlfriend Olga Kirshenbaum dead and then himself in their Park Slope apartment, cops said.
Both victims had been shot in the head, cops said. A handgun was found next to Jackson’s body, leading police to believe that he shot Kirshenbaum, then took his own life.