Police: Murder-suicide in Queens claims two lives, woman seriously injured

Queens detectives are searching for answers to a gruesome murder-suicide Saturday night that left two people dead and another seriously injured.

Police believe a 33-year-old man shot his 27-year-old brother and a relative in their home on 9400th Street (111th Street) in Richmond Hill, then fled to a location about a mile away and turned the gun on himself.

Officials of the 102nd District first responded to the 911 response to the home on 111th Street around 10:30 p.m. on June 8 after receiving a call about a man shot.

When police arrived at the scene, they found two victims, according to authorities: a 52-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her upper body and a 27-year-old man who had been wounded all over his body by multiple gunshots and was unconscious and unresponsive.

Rescue workers confirmed the man’s death at the scene of the accident. Paramedics took the woman to Jamaica Hospital, where she was in stable condition.

Moments later, police learned of a second shooting outside a home in the 10900 block of 96th Avenue. When they arrived at the scene, they found the suspected shooter, a 33-year-old man, with a gunshot wound to the head. A firearm was found next to his body.

The rescue workers declared him dead at the scene of the accident.

The identity of the deceased will not be disclosed by the police until the family has been notified.

Police have not yet determined a motive for the murder-suicide. The investigation is ongoing, NYPD sources said.

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