Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'murdersuicide'
July 19, 2008
A woman was shot to death by the ex-boyfriend who had recently violated her order of protection against him. The violence occurred yesterday afternoon at the Aflac Insurance sales office in Bohemia, where William Lynch shot Tiana Stokley dead, but not before shooting the supervisor who tried to protect her. On Monday, Lynch allegedly punched Stokley in the face, but police were unable to find him. Then yesterday, according to Newsday, Lynch went to Stokley's......
Continue Reading "Two Dead, One Injured in Long Island Murder-Suicide"June 2, 2008
Police sources say that the woman found dead in her West 22nd Street apartment was killed by her boyfriend after she broke up with him. The Post reports that 26-year-old Margaux Powers (pictured, with her father) had "canceled plans to attend a family gathering Thursday" so she could break up with Jonathan Smith, 34. Powers and Smith, a chef who had been recently laid off, lived together in the Chelsea apartment. Police believe Smith slit......
Continue Reading "Chelsea Murder Victim Apparently Killed by Boyfriend During Break-Up"June 1, 2008
A 26-year-old woman was found murdered in her Chelsea apartment by her sister last night, and the murder victim's boyfriend--and the murder suspect, according to police-- killed himself a few hours after the discovery. Margaux Powers's family had been worried they didn't hear from her for a few days, so her sister Dana went to Margaux's apartment at 235 West 22nd Street on Friday night. Doorman Constantine Ionescu accompanied Dana to the apartment, and......
Continue Reading "Woman Found Brutally Murdered in Chelsea,Boyfriend Kills Himself in Financial District"
April 15, 2008
This morning around 6:15 a.m., two people were shot outside the Manhattanville Houses at 1430 Amsterdam Avenue before the gunman shot himself. Now it turns out the shooter was a postal carrier who had gotten into a fight with the men. NY1 reports that 48-year-old Roberto Caballero "had a confrontation with two men," and shot one man three times in the chest and the other once in the head. Then Caballero went to his apartment......
Continue Reading "Manhattanville Shooting: Two Injured, Shooter Kills Himself"
