A Maryland mom was fatally shot by her ex-boyfriend who later turned the gun on himself, authorities stated.
Tequia Nails, 32, was discovered with gunshot wounds inside her Fairmount Heights, Md., dwelling, the place officers responded round 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, in accordance with a press release from the Prince George’s County Police Division. She was pronounced useless on the scene, per the discharge.
At about 10 a.m. the subsequent day, police stated they had been notified that 26-year-old Quindell Mercer, whom they recognized as Nails’ ex-boyfriend, was discovered useless in Washington, D.C., in accordance with the discharge. Police stated they imagine Mercer shot Nails earlier than fleeing the scene, calling the obvious murder-suicide a “domestic-related” deadly capturing.
In accordance with her obituary, Nails was remembered as a “devoted mom” of 4 youngsters: an 8-year-old son, a 3-year-old daughter, and two-month-old twins.
Sources advised WJLA that Mercer was the daddy of her twins, one among whom they declare she was holding when she was shot. Fox 5 DC additionally reported, citing members of the family, that Mercer was the daddy of the twins. Nevertheless, police didn’t specify the connection between the 2 youngsters, apart from saying they “had been in a earlier relationship.” The discharge did not state whether or not there was anybody else current on the time of the capturing.
In accordance with Fox 5 DC, members of the family stated Mercer opened fireplace after Nails repeatedly requested him to go away and that she had beforehand expressed now not eager to be in a relationship with him.
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“It’s traumatic,” a neighbor who wished to remain nameless advised WJLA of the circumstances surrounding the capturing. “I wouldn’t think about no youngster rising up like that — prefer it’s unhealthy you wouldn’t wish to see no youngster develop up like that for an individual to be holding her new child youngster.”
Equally, Nails’ household is reeling from the loss.
“We’re falling aside,” her father advised Fox 5 DC. “Everyone cannot imagine it. It is Kiki.”