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A man believed to be a Port Authority Police Department officer allegedly shot his sister dead and wounded his senior mother, then turned the gun on himself, in a horrific Bronx murder-suicide attempt on Thursday morning.
Police sources said the carnage unfolded inside a ground-floor apartment at 2500 Johnson Ave. in Spuyten Duyvil just before 8 a.m. on Jan. 22.
Officers from the 50th Precinct rushed to the location after receiving reports that multiple people had been shot.
Upon arriving at the scene, sources said, police found the alleged shooter, a 55-year-old man, lying in the hallway with a gunshot wound to his body, and a firearm next to him. He was pronounced dead at the location. Sources said a Port Authority Police Department ID was found near his body, though it is unclear whether he was an active member.
Cops then went inside a nearby apartment, where they found a 59-year-old woman with a fatal gunshot wound to her head inside a bedroom. Responding EMS units pronounced her dead at the scene; sources close to the case say she was the shooter’s sister.
Nearby, police also found an 86-year-old woman — believed to be the mother of both the suspected shooter and his sister — shot in the face. EMS rushed her to Harlem Hospital in critical but stable condition.
Currently, sources close to the case said, the NYPD is investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide. The probe remains ongoing.
An amNewYork reporter is en route to the scene. This is a breaking news story; check with amNY.com for additional updates.