Category Archive for : ‘Murder/Suicide’

Long Island Press
By Hannah Devlin
12/17/24

2024 Crime: 5 Dead in Syosset Murder Suicide

In one of the most notable investigations of the year, Joseph Delucia Jr., 59, of Syosset, was identified by police as the shooter in an apparent murder suicide which killed five people. The Wyoming Court cul-de-sac hadn’t expected to become the scene of a crime in August’s shocking investigation.

“In 41 years, that is probably one of the most horrific scenes I have ever seen,” Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. Ryder said the responding officers met with a peer support

ABC7 New York
By WABC
10/16/2024

A retired NYPD detective allegedly shot and killed his wife while his three children were home in an apparent murder-suicide, according to Yonkers police.

Police said they were called to Chittenden Avenue in Tuckahoe on Wednesday at 7 a.m. where they found a man deceased with a gunshot wound to his head and a woman deceased with several gunshot wounds to her body.

The man was identified as Sean O’Neill, 54, and the woman was identified as Arlene O’Neill who was 47, police said.

Police said there was a dispute