It's like something out of one of the darkest murder movies ever, but it happened in real life. A Maryland man went on Facebook Live and admitted to murdering his ex-girlfriend. He said he was about to murder his ex-wife, too, and even documented himself arriving at her home before the footage cut out.
The man, now deceased, was 44-year-old nurse anesthetist Rajaee Black. On the livestream, he clearly admitted to what he had done and was planning to do again. He said, "Anyway, I just did something crazy. I just shot my ex-girlfriend in the head. Felt like a dream. I never thought I would be that guy."
He continued, saying, "I can't go to prison, so the person that really started my depression and all of this is my ex-wife. So, she next. Then I'm going to do myself too." Then, the viewer can hear a door opening.
"Oh, there's my ex-wife right now," he said, just before charging at her with a gun. "Today's the day," he says, just before the video cuts off.
Baltimore police responded to a call around 1:30 on Saturday afternoon. Shortly after, they found Black's ex-girlfriend, Tara Labang, dead inside her home. She was just 41 years old.
Police say that after killing her, Black made his way to the home of his ex-wife, Wendy Natalie Black, about 30 minutes away. There, he streamed himself for about a minute and a half before killing her, as well.
After killing both women, Rajaee Black took his own life.
While the actual motive is not yet known, Black did make some alarming claims in the video. He said he'd been accused of molesting children during his three-year custody battle.
Luckily, Black's two children were not physically injured. They were both discovered by police in his BMW.
Police commented about the well-being of the children. "The children have been placed in a safe environment and did not witness the incident," they said in a statement. "Police are not releasing the names, genders or ages of the children for their privacy."
The incident is so incredibly alarming, given the man's eerie social media post. But authorities are also speaking out about the upward trend of gun violence on the streets. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said, "This is what we're talking about all the time with guns and domestic violence and the willingness of people to use these guns to take out their anger to solve conflict."
Black had been accused of domestic violence several times before the tragedy unfolded.
