FOX 5 New York published December 30, 2023: NY Police sergeant along with wife and two young children found dead in home. According to police, all four family members were found with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. FOX 5 NY's Richard Giacovis reports.
Eyewitness News ABC7NY published December 30, 2023: 4 family members found dead in Rockland County home after apparent murder-suicide: police. Anthony Carlo has the latest developments.
CBS New York published December 30, 2023: Investigators: Bronxville Police sergeant, wife & 2 sons dead in murder-suicide. Investigators in Rockland County say a police sergeant killed his wife and two children before taking his own life. CBS New York's Jennifer Bisram reports.
CBS News, New York local
written by Mark Prussin and Jennifer Bisram
Saturday December 30, 2023
NEW CITY, N.Y. -- A family of four was found dead in an apparent murder-suicide Saturday in Rockland County.
Officers found the bodies inside a home on Clydesdale Court in New City during a wellness check just after midnight.
The family members were identified as 49-year-old Watson Morgan, 43-year-old Ornela Morgan, and their two sons, ages 10 and 12.
Clarkstown Police said they believe Watson Morgan killed his family before shooting and killing himself. A handgun was recovered at the scene.
Police confirm Watson Morgan was a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, where he had worked for 16 years. Prior to that, he worked for the NYPD.
A neighbor described the family and Sgt. Morgan as caring.
"We're just shocked. It's never happened in this the neighborhood," she said.
The Bronxville Police Department released the following statement Saturday:
"It is with profoundly broken hearts at the senseless loss of innocent lives that we send this message to a grieving community."Sergeant Watson Morgan and his two sons and wife were discovered deceased at their home in New City, all with gunshot wounds, with Sergeant Morgan's self-inflicted."Sergeant Morgan failed to appear for the evening shift last night and our Police Department contacted the Clarkstown Police Department in his hometown who made the discovery."Sergeant Morgan joined the New York City Police Department in 200 and the Bronxville Police Department in 2007. He was assigned to the detective division in 2014 and promoted to Sergeant in 2016."Our hearts go out to Sergeant Morgan's extended family."Our thoughts and prayers are also with his Bronxville Police Department family."As we try to come to terms in a state of shock and sadness, we will continue to share with you what we can based on what the Clarkstown Police Department releases, as this is an ongoing investigation."
In the meantime, police say this was an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public.
Police asked anyone with information to call them at 845-639-5840.
[photos source: Daily Mail, UK]
Daily Mail, UK
written by Rachel Bowman
Saturday December 30, 2023
Four family members were found dead in their New York home after an apparent murder-suicide by their police officer father, according to police.
On Saturday, officers from the Clarkstown Police Department found Bronxville Police Department Sergeant Watson Morgan, 49, his wife Ornela Morgan, 43, and their two sons aged 10 and 12 dead in their home.
Officers preformed a welfare check at 10 Clydesdale Court in New City after Watson failed to show up for work, when they found all four family members dead with gunshot wounds, according to police.
The Clarkstown Police Department identified Watson as a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department and believe he committed the murder-suicide.
'At this phase of the investigation it is believed that Watson killed his wife and two children, prior to killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,' police said.
A handgun was recovered at the scene and police said the public is not in any danger.
The Bronxville Police said Watson did not show up for his evening shift on Friday so they contacted the Clarkstown Police to do the welfare check.
'Sergeant Morgan failed to appear for the evening shift last night and our Police Department contacted the Clarkstown Police Department in his hometown who made the discovery,' Bronxville Police said in a statement to CBS News.
'Sergeant Morgan joined the New York City Police Department in 2000 and the Bronxville Police Department in 2007. He was assigned to the detective division in 2014 and promoted to Sergeant in 2016.'
The Morgan's purchased the home in New City in 2016 for $577,000.
According to News 12 Westchester, the boys attended school in the Clarkstown Central School District.
The 10-year-old went to Laurel Plains Elementary School and the 12-year-old went to Felix Festa Middle School.
The school district said, 'The new year will undoubtedly start with great sadness and heavy hearts in our close-knit school district.'
'The coming days and weeks will be a difficult time for our school community as we struggle to understand the loss of precious lives.'
Rockland County Executive Ed Day said, 'As we try to make sense of this unimaginable tragedy our hearts break for the family involved in this devastating murder-suicide in Clarkstown.'
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