Detectives probe possible murder-suicide in Uniondale
Nassau police on Laclede Avenue in Uniondale, where they discovered a woman in the street with gunshot wounds Wednesday who was pronounced dead at the scene. Credit: Jim Staubitser
Nassau County homicide detectives are investigating a possible murder-suicide Wednesday morning in Uniondale.
Detectives from the First Precinct responded to a call shortly before 8 a.m. of shots fired on Laclede Avenue and discovered a 28-year-old female victim in the street with apparent gunshot wounds, police said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
A subsequent investigation led officers to Greenfield Cemetery on Nassau Road where they found a 31-year-old man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Homicide Squad detectives.
No identification was released. The investigation is ongoing, police said.
Robert Brodsky is a breaking news reporter who has worked at Newsday since 2011. He is a Queens College and American University alum.
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