Teddy Knight, 35, and his girlfriend Tanezia Blockwood were identified as the Couple who died in Brooklyn murder-suicide. The double shooting took place in a fourth-floor apartment on Avenue I near Ocean Ave. in Midwood just after 10 a.m. Monday
Police were called to the apartment, where they found Teddy Knight and Blockwood with gunshot wounds to the head. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
According to report, Teddy shot shot 29-year-old Tanezia to death before turning the gun on himself. Teddy’s own mother was a witness when the incident occurred in the Brooklyn apartment.
The couples argued hours before the fatal shootings, according to the man’s mother, Norma Knight. The woman said she watched as her son pulled his girlfriend into the bathroom, where they continued fighting.
“He goes out and comes back,” said Norma Knight. “He starts shooting her and then stomping on her face.