A Long Island teenager fatally shot his ex-girlfriend, then shot himself in the face on Wednesday but survived, police said.
The 17-year-old suspect, who lived with his parents in Nesconset, was not publicly identified due to his age, Suffolk County police said in an alert.
Emily Finn, an 18-year-old West Sayville resident, was killed in the shooting at the suspect’s home on Shenandoah Blvd. She’d come home from college and was dropping off some of the ex-boyfriend’s things.
“She wanted to speak to him face to face,” Suffolk County Police Det. Kevin Beyrer said at a press conference outside the home. “They had broken up a couple weeks ago. From what we’re hearing, he took the breakup very hard.”
The 17-year-old male killed Finn with a shotgun blast, then turned the gun on himself. The boy’s parents were home at the time, but working in the backyard, Beyrer said. His father called 911 to report the shooting.
The boy was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital in Emily Finn, an 18-year-old West Sayville resident, according to authorities.
Cops did not say who owned the gun the suspect used, but said it was legally owned. Investigators said there was no “domestic history” between the teenage couple.
The suspect turns 18 in the coming days, Newsday reported. He’ll be charged as an adult with second-degree murder and arraigned when practical, officials said.
