A doomed Brooklyn mom’s live-in boyfriend fired four fatal shots at the woman, then turned the gun on her shocked son-in-law, who escaped death by hiding in another room in the couple’s apartment, prosecutors said Monday.
Peter Hibbert is charged with murder, attempted murder and weapon possession charges after cops say he killed 49-year-old Jacqueline Wilson inside their home on E. 96th St. in East Flatbush just before 3 a.m. Sunday.
Hibbert, 48, then tried to kill the couple’s son-in-law, who fled into another room and closed the door, Assistant D.A. David Ingle said at his Brooklyn Criminal Court arraignment Monday.
“The defendant shot at the door approximately two times,” he said. The son-in-law on the other side of the door was not struck.
The victim’s daughter called 911 and when police arrived they found Hibbert in the basement of the building.
Hibbert had a cut on his arm that was treated at Kings County Hospital. The gun used to shoot Wilson was found in her bedroom, police said.
Hibbert made videotaped statements to cops, Ingle said.
Wilson, shot in the head, torso and leg, was rushed by medics to Brookdale University Hospital but could not be saved.
Judge Simiyon Haniff ordered Hibbert held without bail until his return to court Friday.
“Bottom line, you’re 48 years old. You’re facing a murder charge, with life at the back end,” Haniff said. “You have every reason to flee this matter looking at that kind of sentence.”
Neighbors were shocked at the slaying but a law enforcement source said there were indications of a troubled relationship.
On Feb. 23, 2021, Hibbert was busted for menacing Wilson with a scissors and threatening to kill her, the source said. He was arrested but the case was later sealed.
The victim lived with her 29-year-old daughter and a grandchild, according to one neighbor, who declined to give his name.
“She was my friend,” the neighbor said. “[She] always goes to work.”
She’s a happy type of person,” he added. “This kind of messed me up.”
The boyfriend came into her life about two years ago, he said.
“I ain’t never seen him before until recently,” the neighbor recalled. “He don’t talk much but everywhere [she] goes, he goes. … You can see he was leaning on her for things.
“I didn’t see him abuse her or nothing like that,” he added. “This is kind of strange.”