A 41-year-old man fatally shot his 32-year-old girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in a Tuesday morning murder-suicide on a Brooklyn sidewalk, cops and sources said.
The gunman was seen pointing the handgun at his crying girlfriend before shooting her in the head outside his home on Jefferson Avenue near Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick at 7:30 a.m., according to sources and witnesses.
The frightening footage then shows him falling to the ground after shooting himself once, before rising and firing a second, fatal round onto the tree-lined residential block.
“She was running. She was screaming!” a male witness, who did not want to be identified, told The Post of the terrifying scene.
“She tried to run away but he shot her. She just dropped. Then he shot himself. I still can’t believe it. He lives there.”
The witness claimed he had known the accused shooter for decades.
“He had his troubles, but I don’t know what to say,” he added. “Nobody thought he could ever do that! I know him a lot longer. They were together, but I don’t know her. I don’t know how long.”
A big bloodstain could be observed on the pavement hours after the fatal domestic violence incident.
According to authorities, the woman was transferred to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center and the guy to Woodhull Medical Center, where they both died from their injuries.
They were identified as Brooklyn residents Celina Ramos and Gabriel Sanchez.
The alleged gunman had nine prior arrests, the most recent two weeks earlier, on Jan. 22, for allegedly sending naked images of himself and another lady he was dating to the victim’s daughter, according to sources.
According to sources, he has been charged with public display of sexual material, aggravated harassment, and a drug-related rap.
According to the sources, the woman was previously detained for a parole breach after serving a sentence for unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
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