{"id":108631,"date":"2026-01-22T15:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/108631\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:26:20","slug":"possible-bronx-murder-suicide-involves-man-with-port-authority-police-id-shooting-sister-dead-and-wounding-mother-sources-say-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/108631\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Bronx murder-suicide involves man with Port Authority Police ID shooting sister dead and wounding mother, sources say \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2025-10-09-at-11.11.36-AM.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"police officer at scene of shooting in Manhattan\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"BREAKING: Possible Bronx murder-suicide involves man with Port Authority Police ID shooting sister dead and wounding mother, sources say 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>FILE \u2013 A police officer at at a crime scene. <\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <\/p>\n<p>A man believed to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/panynj.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Port Authority Police Department officer<\/a> allegedly shot his sister dead and wounded his senior mother, then turned the gun on himself, in a horrific <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> murder-suicide attempt on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>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.\n<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd50pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">50th Precinct<\/a> rushed to the location after receiving reports that multiple people had been shot.\n<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, police also found an 86-year-old woman \u2014 believed to be the mother of both the suspected shooter and his sister \u2014 shot in the face. EMS rushed her to Harlem Hospital in critical but stable condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Currently, sources close to the case said, the NYPD is investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide. The probe remains ongoing.\n<\/p>\n<p>An amNewYork reporter is en route to the scene. 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