Kaidan Ramsay, 22, Gunned Down on Brooklyn Street by Lenox Ramsay, Husband of 11 Months, Family Says She Lived in Fear

Kaidan Ramsay, NY Daily News

Domestic violence is sadly more prevalent than we care to admit, for a number of reasons. I was very saddened when I read about the plight of Kaidan Ramsay, 22, who lived in fear of her husband, Lenox Ramsay, 19, for the entire 11 months of their marriage. This abuse culminated in her being shot by her husband on a Brooklyn street yesterday. She is in Kings County Hospital fighting for her life.

Lenox Ramsay has reportedly been abusing his wife for months and I would venture to say, he engaged in this behavior before they got married. He was arraigned yesterday on a host of charges, which include attempted murder, assault and menacing, stemming from the Tuesday morning attack in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The police said Ramsay ambushed his wife, who had moved out of their home three days earlier, in front of Medgar Evers College and chased her down on Carroll Street, grabbing her wrist and throwing her into traffic. In a frantic bid to escape her attacker, she tried to jump into a passing car and used her cell phone to call her sister for help.

This man is no stranger to the corrections system. He pleaded guilty in 2008 to assaulting, menacing and harassing an ex-girlfriend, according to court records. This is his modus operandi and I am glad he was denied bail in this crime. To all the women out there, if a man hits you once, he will do it again. Love isn't supposed to hurt. I am surprised her father, Herbert Riley, didn't take a baseball bat to this man's head. I can't imagine why Lenox Ramsay is consumed with so much anger and hatred. He is only 19 years old and has had violent relationships with women. That's a shame and it shows he has a serious problem.

His wife never filed a police report for any of the beatings she suffered, but according to the NY Daily News, she finally decided to file one when she discovered a gun in their Brownsville home. She did this just two days before this devil gunned her down. He meant to kill her. Investigators said he fired six shots at his wife, including a pair as he stood over her wounded body and hit her twice. This dirtbag doesn't need to see the outside of a prison walls for the rest of his life. It is my hope that he will be passed around like a soccer ball by his fellow inmates.