Ex-boyfriend kills Nova student, self in hail of bullets in Davie By Shannon O'Boye Staff Writer Posted July 28 2005 Davie · An enraged ex-boyfriend trapped a young medical student in her car Wednesday afternoon and fired more than 30 bullets at her before killing himself, police said. Several witnesses watched helplessly in the parking lot of the woman's apartment complex as the man reloaded his semi-automatic weapon at least once, police said. "He seriously wanted her dead," police spokesman Lt. Bill Bamford said. The victim, Nichola Seegobin, was a 25-year-old optometry student in her third year at Nova Southeastern University. Seegobin, of Orlando, graduated from Valencia Community College in 2000 and attended the University of Central Florida before enrolling at NSU. She dreamed of one day running her own optometry practice and raising a family, according to a Valencia Community College newsletter. "She was a very loving, happy, generous person," said an Orlando cousin who did not want to be identified. "She enjoyed life. We are all just reeling from this." Police think Seegobin moved in with friends about a month ago at the Poinciana Lakes apartments, in the 2600 block of South University Drive, to get away from her ex-boyfriend, Mohan Persaud, 29, of Sanford. The two had an altercation at the Broward Mall in Plantation a few weeks ago, police said. It was unclear whether they had any contact after that. Seegobin's new boyfriend stood with friends outside her apartment Wednesday while police conducted their investigation. He declined to comment. Many NSU students live in the apartment complex, which is about a mile from campus. Witnesses told police Persaud pulled up in a rented Chevrolet Impala about 2:20 p.m. just as Seegobin got into her Mazda Protégé hatchback. He sideswiped Seegobin's car, pinning her door open, Bamford said. Persaud jumped out and immediately began firing, according to witness accounts. Inside Persaud's car, police found evidence of an unhinged mind. In the front seat, he had flowers and candy. In the trunk, he had several gallons of gasoline. He seemed to want to accomplish one of three things, police said: win her back, kidnap her, or kill her. When he saw her in the parking lot he unleashed a staggering amount of gunfire, Bamford said. "He went there to see her and when he didn't get the reaction from her he was looking for, it appears he just snapped," Bamford said. "...There was so much anger there, he kept shooting and shooting and shooting." Molly Ryan, a 25-year-old medical student, said she was studying for a final exam when she heard the shots. "I've shot guns at the shooting range with my step-dad, a police officer, so I know the sound," Ryan said. "But I convinced myself it was not happening. I live here." As much as she tried to pretend nothing was wrong, Ryan heard so many shots in such rapid succession that she got down on the ground with her extremely agitated cat. Deb Murray, who recently moved to the complex, said the murder-suicide was shocking but it didn't scare her. "Domestic violence can happen anywhere," she said. "It crosses all socio-economic lines. Broken hearts mend. You don't just go take lives. I bless both of their families' hearts." Staff Writers Andrew Ryan and Douane D. James and Staff Researcher Barbara Hijek contributed to this report. Shannon O'Boye can be reached at soboye@sun-sentinel.com or 954-385-7912. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-smurder28jul28,0,3944021.story?co ll=sfla-news-sfla&track=mostemailedlink Back To Guvment Skool Page 7 COPYRIGHT "DUHMAG.COM" 2005