{"id":184101,"date":"2026-04-03T02:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184101\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T02:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:32:09","slug":"neighbors-heard-continual-shouting-from-young-queens-couple-killed-in-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184101\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors heard “continual” shouting from young Queens couple killed in murder suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

A young couple shot dead in an apparent murder-suicide<\/a> in a Queens apartment had a stormy relationship, with neighbors saying their shouting matches could be heard throughout the building.<\/p>\n

Keyriana Jimenez Rodriguez, 18, and her 20-year-old boyfriend were found dead in an 84th St. apartment near 34th Ave. in Jackson Heights around 1:50 a.m., cops said.<\/p>\n

In the moments before they were killed, witnesses overheard arguing, followed by several shots being fired, according to a law enforcement source.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were always fighting. It was terrible,\u201d said a 63-year-old neighbor, who asked that her name be withheld. \u201cThey would shout awful things at one another. Everyone could hear. It was continual.\u201d<\/p>\n

The boyfriend\u2019s 19-year-old brother, who was in another room at their sixth-floor apartment, and a neighbor called 911 after hearing the shots.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice secure the crime scene in an apartment building on 84th St. in Jackson Heights, Queens, after two bodies were found inside an apartment on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Gardiner Anderson \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Police believe the man shot his girlfriend, then turned the gun on himself. The man\u2019s name was not immediately released.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had serious problems with his girlfriend. He couldn\u2019t contain his emotions,\u201d said a 65-year-old neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it because he said he was happy he had just found a job.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI only met his girlfriend once or twice,\u201d he added. \u201cShe seemed nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodriguez\u2019s family hails from the Dominican Republic, where they were horrified to learn of her death, according to a local news outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a massive shock for the family,\u201d the victim\u2019s father, Kelvin Adri\u00e1n Jim\u00e9nez, told Info El Nuevo Norte<\/a> in Spanish.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn apartment building at 33-51 84th St. in Jackson Heights, Queens, is pictured after two bodies were found inside a sixth floor apartment on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Gardiner Anderson \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The girl\u2019s grandmother, Adriana de la Cruz, said in Spanish that she \u201cabsolutely adored\u201d Rodriguez, whom she remembered as \u201cmore than a granddaughter, like a daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodriguez was reportedly living in the United States with her mother. Neighbors said her boyfriend lived with his father and two brothers, but were unsure whether couple lived together.<\/p>\n

An online fundraiser was created Wednesday to benefit Rodriguez\u2019s family and pay her funeral expenses.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeyriana will be remembered for her light, her spirit, and the love she left behind in every person who had the privilege of knowing her,\u201d the GoFundMe post<\/a> read.<\/p>\n

The city medical examiner will conduct autopsies on Rodriguez and her boyfriend to determine their cause of death.<\/p>\n

The murder weapon along with bullets were recovered by cops from the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young couple shot dead in an apparent murder-suicide in a Queens apartment had a stormy relationship, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,122,124,123,265],"class_list":["post-184101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}