Cop Shoots Baby and Baby’s Father in Double Murder-Suicide, NYPD Says
Police say an off-duty NYPD officer shot and killed her baby son and the baby’s father in Brooklyn Monday, before turning the gun on herself.
Police responded to the scene after reports of gunfire, NBC reports. After a brief standoff, the cop then murdered her one-year-old son and the child’s father before taking her own life.
From DNAinfo:
Rosette Samuel, 43, was found alongside the body of her baby son in her bed at 805 East 56th St., in East Flatbush, Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said at the scene.
The body of her boyfriend, who was the father of the child, was found lying in the doorway, police said.
The cop was 43-years-old, had been in the police force since 2000, and worked in 108th precinct in Brooklyn, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
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