Loved ones of NYC first-grade teacher, 31, fatally shot by boyfriend call killer evil coward: God is gonna take care of him

Loved ones of the Bronx first-grade teacher fatally shot by her boyfriend – who took his own life two days later – called the suspected killer an “evil coward” and declared that “God is gonna take care of him.” Jessica Hoyle, 31 – who taught at the Children’s Aide College Prep Charter School – was fatally shot in the head during a fight with her boyfriend around 11 p.m.April 1 inside her home on Mickle Avenue in Williamsbridge, police said. Her boyfriend, Shannon Graham, 35, died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound as cops closed in on him at an apartment building on Pratt Avenue in Eastchester Thursday afternoon, sources said. “Whether he killed himself or not, whether we got justice or not… to me, is it really justice?” Hoyle’s best friend of 13 years, Tessa Attareb, told The Post at a Monday night vigil. “Because she’s gone.

Regardless of how it ends, she’s still gone.We can’t bring her back.”But Attareb said she’s confident “God is gonna deal with him” and hopes he “burns in hell.” “And that’s justice for me,” Attareb said.

“Because you know, to be honest, after what he did, I don’t even think he deserves to be breathing.”Attareb said she hasn’t slept since the murder – and has caught herself sending messages to her late friend on Instagram.“I know it sounds crazy, but maybe it’ll give me some type of healing,” Attareb said. Attareb, now a stay-at-home mom, said she and Hoyle first met in 2012 working retail at Marshall’s in Harlem and later attended Dutchess Community College together.Their friendship grew as they worked together again at the Bronx charter school where Hoyle taught first grade — a job Attareb helped her land. She said she never noticed any outright signs of domestic violence in Hoyle and Graham’s relationship. “Like, I knew that they had issues, because people have issues — you know, simple stuff,” Attareb said.“Like maybe jealousy, insecurity, you know, ...