SASET, NY – A serene neighborhood in Nassau County was shattered Thursday when authorities discovered a horrific scene: five people dead in what officials are calling a murder-suicide. The incident has left the local community reeling with grief and confusion.
Responding to a call around noon, police arrived at a home on Arizona Avenue to find a man dead in the front yard from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Inside the house, officers found four additional victims, believed to be the man’s siblings, all fatally shot.
The shooter, described by neighbors as having lived in the home his entire life, reportedly struggled with mental health issues and had occasional outbursts. The tragedy is further deepened by the recent death of the gunman’s 95-year-old mother, which had left the family in turmoil over the future of the house.
One neighbor suggested that the emotional weight of his mother’s death and the potential sale of the family home might have driven the man to a breaking point. “He really needed emotional support,” the neighbor said, echoing the community’s collective heartbreak.
While police have not yet released a definitive motive, they have emphasized that the incident was confined to the home and poses no further danger to the public. Detectives remain on the scene, meticulously working to understand the sequence of events that led to this tragic outcome.
As the investigation continues, the Saset community is left to mourn and seek answers, trying to come to terms with an event that has forever altered their sense of safety and normalcy.