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New Details Released in Brooklyn Apartment Complex Murder-Suicide

The killer has not yet been identified; the investigation is ongoing

What to Know

  • A 44-year-old woman was found shot in the head in a bedroom in Clinton Hill late Sunday, authorities say
  • She was murdered, according to officials; a 47-year-old man is believed to have killed her before taking his own life
  • The killer has not yet been identified; the investigation is ongoing

Authorities have identified the woman killed in a murder-suicide in a Brooklyn apartment building earlier this week as 44-year-old Naire McCormick. 

McCormick was shot in the head inside a 10th-floor bedroom at the building on Claremont Avenue in Clinton Hill late Sunday, authorities say. 

A 47-year-old man, who has yet to be identified, was also found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in the bedroom, though police say his shot was self-inflicted.

A gun was recovered at the scene; the investigation is ongoing. 

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