NEW YORK CITY — Two connected deadly shootings in Queens and Brooklyn were under investigation Tuesday afternoon, after officers shot and killed a man suspected of gunning down his ex-girlfriend in a casino parking lot.
Police confirmed three plainclothes officers fired more than 10 shots at 51-year-old Dalton Branch early Tuesday morning, just hours after the suspect allegedly murdered 55-year-old Patricia Mohammed.
Branch sent out a series of chilling text messages to Mohammed's family and friends after he shot her multiple times in the chest while she tried to take shelter in her car.
Police said Mohammed was with a man outside the Resorts World Casino in Queens around 2:20 a.m. The pair was chatting by Patsy's car when Dalton pulled up, armed with a pistol. The unidentified man fled and Patsy jumped into her car, but Dalton fired into her sedan.
He hit her several times in the chest. She died 30 minutes later at Jamaica Hospital Center, the New York Times reported.
Branch fled the scene but made no effort to hide his guilt. He reportedly called Patsy's aunt to tell her she should prepare to bury her niece.
He also taunted the escaped victim, referring to himself as the Grim Reaper, NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told the Wall Street Journal.
After searching for the suspect for several hours, three plainclothes officers approached Dalton's car in a school parking lot in Brooklyn. He began shooting at them, so they returned fire. He was pronounced dead shortly after.
Prison records show Dalton was booked in 1983 for armed robbery and again in 2003 for possessing a weapon, the Associated Press reported.
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