'If I can't have you, no one can': Man guns down ex-girlfriend and man she was with as they walked down sidewalk, then stood over them and shot again, cops say

A antheral successful Tennessee is accused of gunning down his ex-girlfriend and a antheral she was with pursuing aggregate domestic violence incidents conscionable days earlier.

Verdell Pegues, 41, has been charged with 2 counts of first-degree murder, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, employing a firearm with intent to perpetrate a felony, and being a convicted felon successful possession of a firearm. The shooting victims were identified by Memphis CBS affiliate WREG arsenic Lashaunda Boyd, 36, and Jimmy Ford, 37.

According to Shelby County tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime, Pegues is being held successful jailhouse connected a $1 cardinal bond.

On March 18, Boyd reportedly filed 2 home violence-related constabulary reports against Pegues, accusing him of assaulting her. She claimed helium deed her successful the look aggregate times connected March 15 and then, 2 days later, pointed what appeared to beryllium a 9 mm handgun astatine her and said, "If I can't person you, nary 1 can."

On March 22, conscionable earlier noon, Boyd and Ford were walking adjacent the intersection of East Dison Avenue and Carnegie Street successful Memphis. According to the Memphis Police Department, video footage showed a antheral abruptly sprout the 2 of them arsenic they walked on the sidewalk.

Boyd and Ford fell to the ground, and the fishy — aboriginal identified arsenic Pegues — allegedly stood implicit each of them and fired the limb again.

Officers reportedly responded to the country to find the 2 shooting victims connected the crushed by the intersection with gunshot wounds. They recovered 9 mm cartridge casings connected the crushed nearby.

Boyd was pronounced dormant astatine the scene; Ford was taken to an country hospital, wherever helium succumbed to his injuries, WREG reported.

Police spoke with witnesses, with aggregate allegedly telling investigators that a antheral named "RaRa" was Boyd's ex-boyfriend and was liable for the killings. One witnesser said they saw "RaRa" sprout Ford and Boyd, and this witnesser aboriginal identified Pegues arsenic the fishy to whom helium was referring.

Pegues was arrested and had a video arraignment connected Wednesday.