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A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend over the weekend told investigators he tried to kill her, but the victim’s dying words tell a different story.
Brittany Holbrook, 33, allegedly shot Tyler Nulisch, 30, early Saturday morning after an argument, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital.
The couple’s roommate, Jordan Kinn, called 911 shortly before 3 a.m. and said Nulisch was “in bad shape, he’s very hurt” and there was a lot of blood, the affidavit says.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives came to the home on Avenue F in Key West and found Holbrook Nulisch rocking on the living room floor as he bled profusely.
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Florida woman Brittany Holbrook is charged with the June 17, 2023 murder of her boyfriend, Tyler Nulisch. (Monroe County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook)
A 9mm Smith & Wesson and an empty cartridge case lay on the floor at a dog kennel, the police report says.
Nulisch had lost consciousness but was still breathing when he was rushed to Lower Keys Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:46 a.m. He suffered a gunshot wound to his left lower back
“That bastard shot me in the back”
Kinn told investigators he was awakened in the middle of the night by the pair arguing.
Hearing Holbrook scream, he ran into the living room to find Nulisch lying in a pool of blood and asked him what had happened.
Brittany Holbrook is accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend Tyler Nulisch in the back. She claims to have acted in self-defense. (Facebook)
“That b—- shot me in the back,” the victim allegedly replied, while Holbrook stood nearby and said nothing.
Holbrook told detectives “there was a gap in her memory,” the affidavit says. After she and Nulisch went to sleep, her next memory was of her holding her blood-soaked boyfriend in her arms.
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She denied that Nulisch made any statements to the roommate, but she allegedly recalled more details in later interviews, according to the document.
“She stated that she remembers Nulisch leaving their bed and going to the bathroom. When he came back from the bathroom, he was like a different person and started attacking her,” the researchers wrote. “While held against the wall, she described Nulisch squeezing her throat with his hands so hard that it impeded her breathing.”
Tyler Nulisch, a Florida man, was shot in the back on June 17 by his girlfriend Brittany Holbrook, police say. (Facebook)
She said she thought her boyfriend was trying to kill her.
However, she had no marks around her throat or broken blood vessels on the white part of her eyes, which would be expected if he had strangled her, the researchers noted in the report.
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Holbrook said she couldn’t remember how she got away from Nulisch, but denied firing a gun. The roommate told police that Holbrook owned a gun, which she kept in the house.
Holbrook is charged with first-degree murder and is being held on $750,000 bond with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, records show.
The pair had been dating for about nine months and shared a love of scuba diving and fishing, according to their Facebook profiles.
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A lawyer for Holbrook could not be immediately identified.
Rebecca Rosenberg is an accomplished journalist and author of books with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Email tips to [email protected] and @ReRosenberg.
