Five people were killed in a horrific murder-suicide on a quiet Nassau County cul-de-sac Sunday. An elder member of the family has died Police and sources said the suspect and his relatives were planning to sell the house.
All of the victims were shot to death at a little blue house on Wyoming Court in Syosset, and the shooter then killed himself on the front lawn of the house. Newsday is.
“Their mother had just died and they were trying to sell their house,” said Mary Macaluso, a local real estate agent, adding that she had planned to meet relatives at the home around noon but found authorities had blocked off the street by the time she arrived.
“All the children were here for the funeral and asked me to come and see the house,” Macaluso told the outlet.
She said one of her children had asked to meet with the family to find out what they needed to do before putting the house on the market. was estimated to be worth About $900,000 on Zillow.
They wanted to get it over with quickly because two of the family members had come from Florida for the funeral and were due to return soon, she said.
The home’s owner, identified by public records as Teresa Martha DeLucia, died early last week at age 95. According to her obituary.
“This appears to be a murder-suicide,” Nassau County Police Chief Patrick Ryder told Newsday at the scene. “We do know that the suspect was in the front yard and committed suicide with a gunshot wound.”
