EAST VILLAGE, NY — A man shot and killed a 56-year-old woman in a possible murder-suicide at an East Village apartment building Wednesday morning, the NYPD said.
The man, 62, shot the woman in the stomach at 7:55 a.m. at 62 Cooper Square, then shot himself in the head, the NYPD said. The woman was pronounced dead at Lenox Hill HealthPlex Hospital, police said.
The man is in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, where he’s in police custody but has not yet been charged with any crimes, the NYPD said. It’s uncertain whether he’ll survive, the spokesman said.
Police recovered a gun from the scene of the shooting, which appeared to be a domestic violence incident, a police spokesman said. The couple knew each other but it’s unclear what their exact relationship was, he said.
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11:00 am ET –
The woman shot in Cooper Square this morning is dead, police said. https://t.co/ubBH5bs1DI
— Noah Manskar (@noahmanskar) November 1, 2017
8:45 am ET –
Manhattan: 62 Cooper Sq, Active Crime scene in regards to a male & female shot, both Victim transported with CPR in progress.
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) November 1, 2017
View of police incident near cooper square from @HuffPost office.Lots of ambulances and cops, but doesn’t seem too urgent. pic.twitter.com/s1neNavamk
— Will Tooke (@willtooketv) November 1, 2017
#shooting at Cooper Square, was informed it’s an isolated incident, appears domestic violence pic.twitter.com/YgZp14un3f
— Ash (@ashcraiig) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/NYPDbreaking/status/925697717371854848
OK SO SOME GUY APPARENTALLY JUST SHOT A GIRL THEN SHOT HIMSELF RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY SCHOOL
WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK— trash man (commissions open!) (@GlassOfVee) November 1, 2017
8:30 am ET –
Manhattan: 62 Cooper Sq, Active Crime scene in regards to a male & female shot, both Victim transported with CPR in progress.
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) November 1, 2017
West block of Cooper Union. Heard gunshots on the way to work. Two bodies strewn across the concrete taken to the hospital moments later. pic.twitter.com/ZWsfGAfA29
— Ξvan Ross Katz (@evanrosskatz) November 1, 2017
REMINDER THIS IS ASTOR PLACE, NYC
THE FUCKER JUST
DID IT
LIKE IM ACTUALLY WORRIED
THIS JUST
HAPPENED
I WAS AT CVS AND SOMEONE SHOT SOMEONE— trash man (commissions open!) (@GlassOfVee) November 1, 2017
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