‘If I can’t have you, no one can’: Man guns down ex-girlfriend and man she was with as they walked down sidewalk, then stood over them and shot again, cops say

A man in Tennessee is accused of gunning down his ex-girlfriend and a man she was with following multiple domestic violence incidents just days earlier.

Verdell Pegues, 41, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, employing a firearm with intent to commit a felony, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The shooting victims were identified by Memphis CBS affiliate WREG as Lashaunda Boyd, 36, and Jimmy Ford, 37.

According to Shelby County court records reviewed by Law&Crime, Pegues is being held in jail on a $1 million bond…

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