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Elderly Man Shoots Himself to Death Inside Car on Upper East Side: NYPD

By Trevor Kapp | January 5, 2016 1:55pm
 Police investigate the scene of an apparent suicide on the Upper East Side Tuesday morning.
Police investigate the scene of an apparent suicide on the Upper East Side Tuesday morning.
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UPPER EAST SIDE — An 85-year-old man shot himself to death inside a car on East 72nd Street Tuesday morning, police sources said.

The mentally-ill man was found inside a white Buick LaCrosse on East 72nd Street and First Avenue about 8 a.m., the NYPD said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.