A lot of people are currently left in a state of shock, after a beautiful television presenter was shot dead with an air gun by the husband in front of their young son.

The woman identified as 29-year-old Zhanna Veber, was gunned down at close range by her husband 36-year-old Anatoly Leontikov, during a row over custody of their son, Dmitry.

Ms Veber, a popular television personality in the Krasnodar region of southern Russia died on her way to the hospital after she was treated by paramedics.

Leontikov fled the scene with the couple’s son, taking him to stay with his family before going on the run. He later gave himself up to police.

Reports are that Ms Veber split from Leontikov two years ago but the pair were not officially divorced.

He arrived at her house and they argued over his access to the Dmitry, which Ms Veber had tried to limit.

Leontikov had been away working as a builder on construction sites near Moscow and when he returned, he had moved into her home for a while, but later left.

On December 26, he returned and ‘broke a window’ to gain access, an unnamed friend claimed.

‘After she died, he took the boy to his relatives’, they added.

The friend said Zhanna was ‘ambitious’ and had ‘big plans for her life’.

She ‘wanted to move to a big city’ while he ‘worked as a foreman building houses’.

Leontikov was a former policeman who had a permit to carry the air gun, the friend said.

Ms Veber’s station – Laba TV – ran a broadcast paying tribute to her life.

In September this year, this beautiful couple went viral after he tattooed his wife’s face on his back to mark their wedding anniversary.

Now, he has been accused of strangling pregnant wife and pushing her down a flight of stairs.

Read the reports according to NY Post…

A pregnant mom was found dead Wednesday at the bottom of a basement staircase inside her Brooklyn home – and cops suspect her husband strangled her, police sources said.

Investigators are treating the death as a possible homicide, Deputy Chief Michael Kemper, Commanding Officer of Detective Borough Brooklyn North told reporters.

Tonie Wells, 22, was found dead with bruising to her neck following the 9:50 a.m. incident at the Crown Heights residence on Sterling Place after neighbors reportedly heard the cries of her two-year-old daughter and called the cops, according to cops..

Sources say cops are “actively looking for” Wells’ 29-year-old husband, Barry Wells, for questioning.

“Witnesses heard an argument and something falling down the stairs,” a high-ranking police source said.

Neighbor Michelle Ruiz, 22, who last saw the young mom three weeks ago, confirmed that Wells was pregnant and sources say police are aware of a social media post by Wells detailing that she was 8-months pregnant.

“They seemed like a nice family,” Ruiz said of the couple, whose Facebook pages are both filled with photos of each other.“I would see them together.

She was nice. He was always pleasant. This is a very quiet block, I didn’t hear anything today. I’m still in shock,” Ruiz said. “I would never think in amillion years something like this would happen.”Kemper said Wells’ death was deemed suspicious.

“Preliminarily, the deceased female has bruising on her neck and it appears as if she was either pushed or fell down the flight of stairs leading to the basement,” Kemper said.

The Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of the death.

Cops have previously responded to a report of one other domestic incident at the home, authorities said.

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