Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn confirms that a man who was critically injured in a shooting this weekend died Monday morning. The deaths are now being investigated as a murder-suicide.
A homicide investigation started after a woman was found dead in a home on Pittman Court just off Richmond road. The coroner says someone came to the house and found the man and woman suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
The man is being identified as Antonio Brooks, 37. The female victim has been identified as Sukenia Rice, 36.
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Brooks, according to court records, has a pretty extensive criminal history dating back to 1997. One of the charges included violating a protective order. Sunday, Lexington Police say he shot a woman inside a Pittman Creek home before turning the gun on himself. The woman was dead when a relative found the crime scene around 11 Sunday morning but Brooks was rushed to UK.
Both died from gunshot wounds according to the coroner.
“Not sure what provoked this to happen, but obviously it’s a violent act that’s happened in this community,” said Ginn.
Neighbor John Barboza says he was at home when police and first responders rushed to his neighbor’s house around 11 a.m. He was shocked by the news.
“The family that lives there, the grandparents, they seem to be a very loving family, kind of kept to themselves,” said neighbor John Barboza.
