Rajaee Black confesses to killing ex-girlfriend on live video before killing ex-wife

Baltimore nurse anesthesiologist Rajaee Black allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend, authorities said, and then sparked outrage on social media over a legal fight over child custody with his ex-wife, authorities said. , before killing his ex-wife and then turning the gun on himself, authorities said.

Baltimore police said they found his ex-girlfriend, 41-year-old Tara LaBang, dead from a gunshot wound in her home at 1:37 p.m. local time. Authorities then made a second horrifying discovery after Black allegedly drove 30 minutes to his ex-wife’s apartment in Columbia, Maryland, where he gunned down Wendy Black, 42 age before suicide.

“We believe the suspect came to the area, searched for the female victim, shot and killed her, then shot himself,” Howard County Sheriff’s spokesman Sherry Llewellyn said at a news conference. on Saturday, according to WTOP.

In a Facebook live video recorded after his ex-girlfriend was murdered, Black said he “just did something crazy,” according to the Baltimore Sun.

The 44-year-old allegedly said: “I just shot my ex-girlfriend in the head. “It feels like a dream. I never thought I would be that guy.”

Black allegedly went on by saying he “can’t go to jail”, before blaming his ex-wife, who also works as a registered anesthesiologist, for his depression. ta.

“She’s next,” he allegedly said. “Then I’ll do it myself.”

As a woman opened the door, Rajaee Black turned the camera on her and called her his ex-wife before he allegedly said, “Today is the day.” The roughly 90-second video was abruptly cut off, but authorities say Black shot his ex-wife before killing himself.

According to Llewellyn, Baltimore police notified Howard County authorities about Black’s video about 15 minutes after local officers received a call about a murder-suicide at 2:08 p.m. The person and the suspect are both deceased,” she said.

The deadly shootings followed well-documented custody records dating back to at least three years, beginning in July 2018, along with a series of domestic violence incidents against Black, according to the report. Sun. Two of those cases, including one in April 2020 and a peace order in March 2019 were dismissed by a judge. Two others were removed not long after they were filed in July and September 2018, Sun reported.

In the haunting Facebook video, Black allegedly claims he has been accused of sexually abusing his children during a lengthy legal battle with his ex.

Not long after his ex-wife’s body was discovered, WTOP reported, police found the Negro’s two children in Rajaee Black’s parked BMW.