A Brooklyn woman and her grandson were shot to death in a brutal double murder-suicide committed by her ex-con boyfriend. Alma Cox, 51, was hosting the boy at her apartment for the weekend before heading on vacation to visit family in the South. Click below to read the rest of the story.
Instead, their remains were discovered just before midnight Monday along with the body of David Sherrod, 44, the suspected shooter. All three were shot in the head, police said.
Cops went to the second-floor apartment on Lafayette Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant after a 911 caller reported a foul odor coming from the home.
The boy was about 8 years old, police said. A gun was recovered from the blood-spattered apartment, cops said.
Cox “was a very nice lady,†said neighbor Karen Mensch. “Always kind. This is just so terrible.â€
A family friend said the boy’s father dropped him off Saturday with Cox in anticipation of the family getaway.
Family members identified the dead man as Sherrod, who was released from prison in 2009. Sherrod was initially paroled in 2001 on a drug possession rap, and sent back to jail two years later on a parole violation.
He also did two years for armed robbery before his parole in 1990.
The suicidal killer and Cox were “the best couple in the world,†Sherrod’s son said through sobs Tuesday outside the apartment.
Sherrod’s older brother Mark said his sibling showed no signs of trouble.
“David was proud of his life,†said Mark Sherrod. “He loved his life. He was proud of his job, and he loved his family.â€
The bodies were possibly inside apartment 2A on Lafayette Ave. since Saturday night, when gunshots were heard around 11 p.m. in the neighborhood after a daylong block party.
“I heard pow, pow, pow,†said Barbara Peoples, who lives in the apartment next door. “I said, ‘What the hell was that?’ My grandson said those were firecrackers. I said, ‘Them was no firecrackers.’â€
The death stench was soon seeping from the apartment as the July temperatures soared, and police were finally called on Monday.
