US EditionPolice: Canterbury Man Dead After Being Shot by His Brother in New York
Scot D. Thompson faces two counts of second-degree murder and firearm charges after a physical fight escalated to fatal shootings at a hunting cabin, police said.
- On Nov. 23, authorities charged Scot D. Thompson with two counts each of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal use of a firearm in the deaths of Mark B. Thompson and David E. Thompson at a Botsford Hollow Road cabin in the Town of Allen.
- A physical altercation at the cabin prompted the three brothers to fight, and investigators say one brother called 911 during the incident.
- State troopers arrived just after 10 p.m. Sunday and found two men dead inside, with police saying Scot Thompson fatally shot his brothers using a rifle during the altercation.
- Authorities say the suspect drove away in a brother's vehicle before Livingston County and Geneseo officers found David Thompson’s vehicle in Geneseo, arrested Scot Thompson without incident, processed him at SP Amity, and scheduled autopsies at Strong Memorial Hospital.
- Victims were identified as Mark B. Thompson, 70, of Canterbury, Connecticut, and David E. Thompson, 69, of Port Charlotte, Florida, while Scot Thompson is from Englewood, about 90 miles south of Tampa; Allen, New York lies about 72 miles southeast of Buffalo.
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News-HeraldEstranged brothers NY reunion ends with youngest killing his older siblings: cops
A New York native fatally shot his two brothers at an upstate hunting cabin on Sunday night, state police said Monday. Scot Thompson, 65, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the killings of Mark Thompson, 70, and David Thompson, 69, around 10 p.m. Sunday in Allen, authorities said. The three brothers, originally from Dansville, N.Y., were previously estranged but got together for the weekend trip to Allen, state troopers told…
Police: Canterbury man dead after being shot by his brother in New York
ALLEN, N.Y. (WTNH) — A Florida man was arrested Monday in New York after he allegedly shot and killed his two brothers, one of which was from Connecticut, in a hunting cabin, according to New York State Police. On Sunday night, troopers allegedly found two people dead inside a hunting cabin on Botsford Hollow Road [...]
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