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

January 5, 2016 1:55pm | Updated January 5, 2016 1:55pm
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.

 

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