New York father and pregnant girlfriend are shot dead in front of their toddler – Alleged gunman Philip Moreno, broke into their Staten Island home and opened fire, recording his third career kill
New York father and his pregnant girlfriend are shot dead in front of their two-year-old daughter after gunman broke into their Staten Island home and opened fire killing the home owners
Philip Moreno, 45, of Port Richmond, Staten Island was charged on Tuesday with murder, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal use of a firearm, assault, reckless endangerment, and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
Moreno was seen leaving the home on Grandview Avenue just after 5pm – Cops found on his possession a .22-caliber semi-automatic Ruger handgun and a silencer
The home belonged to Alafia Rodridguez, 46, and his girlfriend, Ana DeSousa, 33. The couple’stoddler was found in the home unharmed
An unidentified 43-year-old woman was also shot during the home invasion was rushed to hospital and was listed in critical condition after surgery
The couple who had been dating for three years and shared a two year-old daughter were expecting their second child
Police say illegal narcotics and drug paraphernalia were found inside the victims’ residence, raising possibility home invasion was drug-related
Moreno was convicted for manslaughter at 17, served 14 years in New York state prison for 1992 manslaughter
Victims: Alafia Rodriguez, [left], and his girlfriend, Ana DeSousa, who was pregnant were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in their Staten Island, NY, home on Monday afternoon
The New York Police Department arrested Philip Moreno, an ex-convict from Port Richmond, Staten Island was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Alafia Rodriguez, 46, and his girlfriend, Ana DeSousa, 33 inside their home on Monday
Moreno, 43, was taken into custody by police just after 5pm, according to The Staten Island Advance.
While NY authorities are trying to determine if the home invasion was drug-related, Moreno was officially charged on May 12 with murder, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal use of a firearm, assault, reckless endangerment, and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
Double-homicide suspect Philip Moreno was charged on Tuesday with murder, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal use of a firearm, assault, reckless endangerment, and acting in a manner injurious to a child
A 43-year-old Staten man has been arrested in the deaths of Rodridguez and Anna DeSousa who were both shot to death during a home invasion. The pair had been together for three years were expecting their second child together. They had a two-year-old daughter who was found in the home unharmed
Anna DeSousa, [right], reportedly was expecting her second child with Rodridguez at the time they were both murdered, police said
Rodriguez [left], and DeSousa [right], had been dating for three years
A two-year-old girl believed to be the couple’s daughter, Blue, was found uninjured inside the home.
An unidentified 43-year-old woman was shot in the back in the home was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center in the West Brighton section of Staten Island, according to police.
She was listed in critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery on Monday night, but she is expected to survive.
Narcotics and drug paraphernalia were found inside the Staten Island home of the slain couple, according to police
Intense law enforcement presence was seen at the scene of a double shooting in Mariners Harbor on Staten Island Monday
At age 19, Moreno pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting of 22-year-old Theodis Watson in 1992 at a Staten Island public housing complex a few hundred feet from the scene of Monday’s killings.
Moreno spent 14 years in prison, for the killing. He has since been arrested and sentenced for various weapons and drug offenses.
He returned to prison about a year after his release from his first stint, serving an additional nine years for drug and weapon possession. He was paroled in May 2017 and was under supervision at the time of his latest arrest, records show.
Moreno was released on parole in 2017, according to authorities. He was friends with Rodriguez on Facebook.
Investigators are still trying to determine the motive of the shootings.
Police said they discovered narcotics – reportedly crack cocaine – and drug paraphernalia inside the home.
Police caught the suspect at the scene with the suspected murder weapon, a .22-caliber semi-automatic Ruger handgun equipped with a silencer
The victim Alafia Rodriguez reportedly, had a history of past drug-related arrests, but according to Gallucci, he had turned his life around.
Gallucci reportedly, last spoke to Rodriguez on the phone on Saturday about their future plans to meet up for a summer barbecue, said Rodriguez was looking forward to becoming a father again.
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