‘Troublesome’ couple shot dead in suspected murder-suicide in Bronx

A man and his girlfriend were shot to death in the Bronx on Thursday in what police suspected was a murder-suicide, sources said.

Shortly before 1:40 p.m., officers were dispatched to an apartment on Davidson Ave. called near W. 174th St. in Morris Heights, police said.

When they arrived, officers discovered a 24-year-old man, whose family identified Monroe Tillman, and whose girlfriend, also in her 20s, was suffering from gunshot wounds to the head.

Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.

Police are investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide, sources said.

According to the man’s family, the couple was shot in Tillman’s first-floor apartment, where they lived with his brother.

“They were a troubled couple,” said a male relative who did not want to be named. “They argued so madly that it was also about weapons.

“It was toxic,” he added. “She would go and take her poodle with her.”

According to his family, Tillman held several jobs in the restaurant industry and construction. They said he previously attended nursing school at Bronx Community College.

“He was a great person,” said another relative. “He was our eldest and looked after his siblings. He was very generous.”

The identity of the female victim was not immediately released.

“I feel responsible,” Tillman’s brother said. “That was my brother, my life, my heart.”