MARBLETOWN, N.Y.
A retired New York state trooper is suspected of killing his estranged wife and then turning a gun on himself.
Troopers went to a home in the Ulster County community of Marbletown after getting a report of a man with a gun early Wednesday morning. Family members told police that 53-year-old William Cotto entered the home with a shotgun and killed his wife, 49-year-old Isol Cotto.
Authorities found Cotto in the parking lot of a nearby gas station, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gun shot.
Cotto retired as a trooper assigned to the Thruway detail. He had been arrested Tuesday on unlawful imprisonment, menacing and harassment charges. Police believed they had secured all his weapons after the arrest and an order of protection was issued for his wife.
A retired New York state trooper is suspected of killing his estranged wife and then turning a gun on himself.
Troopers went to a home in the Ulster County community of Marbletown after getting a report of a man with a gun early Wednesday morning. Family members told police that 53-year-old William Cotto entered the home with a shotgun and killed his wife, 49-year-old Isol Cotto.
Authorities found Cotto in the parking lot of a nearby gas station, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gun shot.
Cotto retired as a trooper assigned to the Thruway detail. He had been arrested Tuesday on unlawful imprisonment, menacing and harassment charges. Police believed they had secured all his weapons after the arrest and an order of protection was issued for his wife.
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