NYPD Identify Suspect After Double Homicide in Staten Island

The statement said the shooting occurred at approximately 6:11 p.m. in front of 14 Roxbury St.
NYPD Identify Suspect After Double Homicide in Staten Island
A New York Police Department car. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
3/25/2016
Updated:
3/25/2016

Police have identified Anthony Morales as a suspect in the March 24 shooting that left two dead in the Mariner’s Harbor section of Staten Island, according to a written statement by the NYPD’s Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Public Information (DCPI).

The statement said the shooting occurred at approximately 6:10 p.m. in front of 14 Roxbury St.

Upon arrival, police found 47-year-old Adelle Rivera, shot once in the head, and her son, 21-year-old Anthony Rivera, shot three times in the head—as well as an unidentified 22-year-old, who was shot three times in the leg.

Emergency Medical Services transported all three victims to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton where the mother and son were pronounced deceased.

The 22-year-old was listed under critical but stable condition.

Police said Morales is possibly driving a black 2013 Hyundai Elantra with Pennsylvania license plates, JWM6448.