A woman allegedly executed her ex-girlfriend in broad daylight in Brooklyn on Wednesday in a sudden, brazen attack that was captured on surveillance video.
The victim, identified as Nichelle Thomas, 51, was shot just before 1 p.m. at Fourth Avenue and St. Marks Place in Park Slope.
The shooting was captured on surveillance video. it shows a woman wearing all black running up behind the victim. The woman then pulls a gun and shoots the victim point-blank in the head before fleeing.
Thomas is seen falling to the ground. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The suspect, Latisha Bell, accompanied by her criminal defense attorney, turned herself in at the 78th Precinct police station hours later.
Police say the women used to be in a relationship. It isn’t clear when they broke up.
The fatal shooting was the first recorded in the Park Slope neighborhood this year, according to the NYPD.
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