'He killed her before she had the chance to leave': Denise Morgan's family speak on her murder

Denise Morgan (pictured) from Tullyallen, Co. Louth, was shot and killed by Joe Taveras last month in New York. He then turned the gun on himself.

The heartbroken mother of an Irish woman shot dead in New York has said her daughter was about to leave the abusive relationship but that her ex-boyfriend murdered her before she had the chance to go.

Denise Morgan, 39, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and neck during a row with her ex-partner in the early hours of Saturday, October 21 at her apartment in Queens.