Kenisha Morrison: Queens woman shot dead by ex boyfriend in murder-suicide so 'no one else can have her'

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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: A Queens mother was the victim of an apparent murder-suicide by her envious ex, who allegedly shot her dead after warning her that "no one else can have her," her devasted boyfriend revealed.

Kenisha Morrison, 35, was described as a "beautiful" girl who was shot and killed on Friday, March 22 afternoon at home by her estranged boyfriend, Joseph Murphy - the father of her 11-year-old daughter. 

Kenisha Morrison had been dating new BF for 2 years 

Murphy, his daughter and Morrison shared one home even after their breakup.

“He was one of those people who couldn’t accept it,” said the current boyfriend, who asked not to be named. “Three weeks ago, the guy told her that if he cannot have her, no one else can have her."

Talking about Morrison, who was born in Jamaica, he responded, "I said ‘You need to report it to the police, but she said no because she didn’t have papers."

“She was scared to go to the police because she was illegal. She was scared about her status.”

According to her boyfriend, Morrison was discovered by NYPD officers next to Murphy's, 38, body, suffering from a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Police have confirmed that a gun was discovered close to Murphy's body.

The tragedy on Monday, March 25, left her boyfriend, who described Morrison as "just very sweet," shaken. “She’s beautiful, a beautiful girl,” he said. “I haven’t stopped crying.”

Morrison's boyfriend told New York Post that she had been dating him for two years, but in the last few weeks, Murphy appeared to become more controlling and dangerously jealous.

“She wanted to leave and get out of there but she had just signed a one-year lease,” he said.

Morrison was supposed to be driven to work by her boyfriend in a car just minutes before the shooting, but she never showed up.

Jason Pacurucu, who lives downstairs Morrison's apartment, claimed to have overheard arguments upstairs prior to the shooting.

“They’ve been living there roughly six months,” he said, describing the sounds of fighting as “definitely out of the ordinary.” “Mostly we’d hear them blasting loud music for the most part, not really fighting.”

Joseph Murphy killed himself after shooting Kenisha Morrison

According to Pacurucu, Murphy shot Morrison and went outside to report the incident to the police before returning to the apartment and killing himself.

“From an outside perspective, they were extremely nice. This is definitely unexpected.”

“I’m lost for words. I cannot understand it. He just didn’t seem like that kind of person. He was so proud of his family,” said Murphy's employment manager, Traci Kerr, of a restaurant in Queens.

Murphy, who is also from Jamaica, “always had this huge smile” and was “very family-oriented”; on several occasions, he even brought his daughter to the restaurant for dinner.

“He was a proud father. I’m telling you, he was such a proud father,” Kerr said. “He loved that girl, the kid’s mother, so much. He was always talking about them, you get what I am saying?"

“Sometimes I do the grocery shopping [for the restaurant] and he once asked me if I could buy an extra case of chicken leg quarters. I asked why and he said ‘That’s the only part of the chicken his daughter and the mother eats.’ It shows to me he was really fond of them and really cared about them.”

Not everyone believed Murphy to be so well-mannered, according to The Post. “He always looked like a mean guy,” said neighbor Dennis Mitchell.

“He never talked. He never smiled,” he said, adding that Morrison on the other hand was “a nice girl.” The neighborhood is in disarray after the violent deaths.

“I still can’t believe it. I’m waiting for her to come through the door with her smile,” stated Roderick Campbell, Morrison's supervisor at Fortis Restaurant.

“The customers still can’t believe what happened. She got along well with everyone. The news is shocking to everyone.”

Morrison's boyfriend stated that the daughter was not at home and she is currently living with her aunt.

“Her daughter doesn’t want to eat,” he said through tears. “She’s a beautiful person, I swear.”