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Cops: Man in murder-suicide had hallucinations

Nassau Police investigate the scene of a shooting

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau Police investigate the scene of a shooting in Bellmore, which police suspect was a murder-suicide. (March 21, 2013)

A North Bellmore mechanic who fatally shot his wife in a murder-suicide had been suffering for months from hallucinations and recently began taking an antipsychotic drug, Nassau police said Friday.

Sometime after a family dinner Wednesday, Felice Stanco, 60, shot Carolina Stanco, 61, once with his hunting rifle before turning the weapon on himself, said Det. Lt. John Azzata, head of Nassau's...

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