A woman found shot to death in her North Lawndale home Thursday morning had been granted an order of protection against the ex-boyfriend found dead beside her, according to court records.About 7:35 a.m., Tanisha Weeks, 41, and Timothy Gibbs, 35, were found unresponsive in the 4100 block of West Grenshaw Street with gunshot wounds to the head, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.Both were transported to Mount Sinai Hospital where they were pronounced dead.On Nov. 27, Weeks, a mother of two, was granted an emergency order of protection against her ex-boyfriend Gibbs, who had threatened to kill her and himself, according to court records.The next day, sheriff's officers serving Gibbs with the emergency order of protection discovered he had failed to register as a violent offender for a 2010 attempted murder conviction, according to court records.He appeared before Judge William Fahy the same day on failure to register charges and was ordered released on probation pending trial. The case was dropped on Dec. 2.On Dec. 18, the emergency order of protection expired and the judge granted Weeks a plenary order of protection, which would be in effect for two years.The order of protection prohibited Gibbs from being within 100 feet of Weeks or having any form of contact. Gibbs was ordered to stay away from Weeks' residence in the 4100 block of West Grenshaw and the school where she taught.He was also ordered to surrender any firearms, Firearm Owner's Identification cards and concealed carry licenses to law enforcement.Weeks and Gibbs had been in a relationship from March 2019 to Nov. 22, 2024, according to her petition for an order of protection. Since July 2020, Gibbs had been physically, sexually and emotionally abusive, according to her petition.Three days after the breakup, Gibbs went to Weeks' home, pulled out a gun and made her sit on the couch, according to her petition.Gibbs told her she was lying about her concern for him and threatened to kill himself and shoot her if she lied again, according to her petition.Weeks said Gibbs strangled her and as she pulled away, the chain on her neck broke.“[He] told me that he would shoot me and watch me bleed out,” Weeks wrote in the petition. “While he was interrogating me, he put the gun to my head.”When Weeks did not respond to a question in “a way he wanted,” he fired his gun, hitting the couch just left of where she was sitting, according to her petition.He held a gun to her and forced her to drive him in her car, her petition states. They went into a convenience store and Gibbs told her if she “said anything to anyone he would kill everyone in the store.” Later that evening she filed a police report for domestic battery.Weeks reported being physically and sexually abused multiple times throughout their relationship, and emotionally abused on a monthly basis, according to the petition. The emotional abuse included him “pulling out his gun and threatening to kill himself, handing me a knife and telling me to kill him, telling me we both have to die,” according to her petition.Weeks' friend Kaniyah Todd, 19, said she was like a godmother to her. Todd said their bond began about 2018 when Weeks taught Todd's little sister in preschool at Frazier Elementary in North Lawndale and noticed that Todd needed some help."I was going through a lot of stuff at home and she saw that I needed clothes for school and stuff so she asked if she could take me shopping," Todd said. "Ever since then that's been my momma. Anything I needed, she gave it to me. She didn't hesitate."Todd described Weeks as a selfless person who wouldn't hesitate to lend a helping hand."She had a beautiful soul. She would help anybody, I mean anybody," Todd said. "She could have just met you two seconds ago and you could ask her for anything and she'll be there for you. She made sure everybody ate. She didn't leave anybody hungry."Weeks was at the hospital when Todd had her baby girl four months ago, Todd said.Todd said she had last spoken with Weeks about 9 p.m. Wednesday on the phone."She was telling me I had to get my life together for her GGB, god grandbaby," Todd said. "It was a normal conversation. We would have never known today was going to be like this."Last week, Illinois lawmakers passed a bill intended to promptly remove guns from those accused of abuse.Karina’s Bill, named in honor of Karina Gonzalez, requires police to confiscate guns within 96 hours of a judge’s order from people whose FOID cards have been revoked due to emergency restraining orders.The bill now heads to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk and will take effect 90 days after it's signed into law.