Antoine Hartwell.
Murder-suicides seem to be rather common with nogs and their coalburning girlfriends.
Trust me: I’m not complaining.
I’m not complaining at all.
Henderson police say 42-year old Nicole Barker was shot and killed in her home near Eastern Avenue and Robindale Road on Sept. 20, by her longtime partner, 39-year old Antoine Hartwell.
After shooting Barker, Hartwell took his own life. Hartwell and Barker had children together.
“The relationship had took a turn for the worse. She was ready to part and he snapped,” said Joseph Scavo, a resident who knew the couple.
Friends and family say Nicole was a wonderful kind loving mom who always looked out for everyone.
“People have to be not afraid to reach out. Express their feelings. What a waste of life. It’s just terrible,” says Scavo.
“If a batterer has access to a gun or if you’ve ever been strangled in the relationship those our markers, you are walking to lethality,” Liz Ortenburger, CEO of SafeNest, said.
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Scavo says the neighborhood will miss the couple that seemed happy with life.
“I’m just shocked because they seemed like a nice couple. They always had a lot of people over. It looks like he interacted well with everybody. They kept to themselves,” he said.
Nicole Barker.