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Couple, Boy Die in Murder-Suicide in NYC

By Associated Press
NEW YORK - A man fatally shot his 4-year-old son in a car Friday morning in a city park, then shot and killed the boy's mother and himself, police said.

The motive was unclear in the shooting beside a boathouse in sprawling Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, police spokesman Sgt. Kevin Hayes said.

A witness saw the couple arguing before the gunfire erupted just before 8 a.m. Investigators believe the man pulled a 9mm semiautomatic pistol and shot the boy, who was buckled into a car seat.

The man then struggled with the woman and apparently shot her in the head before killing himself, police said. Their bodies were found in a heap about 10 feet from the car.

The boy died four days short of his 5th birthday, police said. It was unclear whether the man and woman were married.

Van Cortlandt Park is the city's third largest, covering 1,146 acres with trails, lakes, ball fields and a golf course just north of Manhattan.



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