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Cops: Convicted killer slays pregnant woman, beau on SI
A pregnant woman and her boyfriend were fatally shot inside their Staten Island home Monday by a convicted killer during a botched home robbery, sources said.
The suspect Philip Moreno, 45, allegedly stormed into the home in Arlington at about 5 p.m. and gunned down both victims in the living room, according to law-enforcement sources.
Ana Desousa, 33, who was pregnant, and her partner, Alafia Rodriguez, 46, were discovered dead on the floor by police.
Cops quickly found Moreno nearby allegedly carrying a gun and zip ties he apparently intended to use on the couple, the sources said.
A third victim, an unidentified 43-year-old woman, was also found in the living room with a gunshot wound to the back, cops said.
She was taken to Richmond University Medical Center, where she was in critical condition Monday night.
Authorities found an unharmed 2-year-old girl, believed to be the slain couple’s daughter, inside the home. The toddler was taken to the same hospital to be evaluated.
Moreno, who allegedly was carrying a 22-caliber Ruger when cops caught him, was arrested in July 1992 for the murder of Theodis Watson on Staten Island, sources said.
A year later, he copped to manslaughter and was jailed upstate in Sing Sing, according to the Staten Island Advance.
He was paroled in 2007, sources told The Post.
At a Monday-night press briefing, NYPD Assistant Chief Kenneth Corey said Moreno has several other gun-related convictions.
Charges against him were pending early Tuesday morning.
Corey told reporters that drugs were found at the scene.
“I can tell you that I observed narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia,” he said.
A police source said that the drugs were cocaine.
Corey also said a silencer was recovered at the scene.
Monday’s double homicide raises the total number of murders this year in the 121st Precinct to three.