Ashley Southall, Michael Gold and Matthew Sedacca, The New York Times
Published: 07 Apr 2021 10:56 AM BdST
Updated: 07 Apr 2021 10:56 AM BdST Police at the scene, early Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Brooklyn where a man believed to be the gunman that shot and killed a woman and her two daughters inside an apartment, later shot himself on a walkway outside, background. On Tuesday morning, officials had not publicly identified any members of the family and were working to determine a motive for the brutal killings that happened late Monday evening. (Dakota Santiago/The New York Times)
A man attending his daughter’s birthday party in Brooklyn on Monday night turned the joyful celebration into a scene of carnage when he shot and killed her mother and two sisters, the police said.
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A 9-year-old Brooklyn girl whose mom and two half-sisters were fatally gunned down by her dad hid in a closet and wept to a 911 operator, Daddy was coming over for my birthday and he shot people.’’
The stricken child’s heartbreaking’’ emergency call was placed amid the bloodshed that occurred during the little girl’s birthday party in Brownsville on Monday night, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig told reporters Tuesday. She was just calling 911, you know, if you can imagine, it’s horrific, the 911, saying, ‘Daddy was coming over for my birthday, and he shot people,’ Essig said of the little girl.
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A Westchester County man who gunned down three people and then killed himself on his 9-year-old daughter s birthday had a violent past.
The killings were discovered around 11:22 p.m., Monday, April 5, when New York City Police responded to a 911 call of shots fired/possible people shot at 362 Sutter Ave., in Brownsville, Brooklyn, said NYPD Detective Annette Shelton.
When police arrived on the scene, they found three women inside the apartment dead from gunshot wounds, the NYPD said.
NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said Tuesday, April 6 the child made the call to 911.
“She was just calling 911, you know, if you can imagine, it’s horrific, the 911, saying, ‘Daddy was coming over for my birthday, and he shot people,’ ” Essig said of the little girl.
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