Man Distraught Over Planned Sale of Late Mother’s Home Fatally Shoots 4 Family Members and Himself

Man Distraught Over Planned Sale of Late Mother’s Home Fatally Shoots 4 Family Members and Himself
This Aug. 26, 2024 photo shows a house in Syosset, N.Y., where a man killed four family members before turning the gun on himself on Sunday. Philip Marcelo/AP Photo
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SYOSSET, N.Y.—A New York man distraught that he was being forced to move from his late mother’s home shot and killed four of his family members before taking his own life, police said Monday.

Joseph DeLucia, Jr. and his family had gathered shortly before noon on Sunday in his mother’s home in Syosset, about 30 miles east of Manhattan on suburban Long Island, just three days after laying the matriarch to rest.