Family of 4 found dead in apparent murder-suicide by New York police sergeant

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) —

A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead Saturday in a suburban New York home in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant.

Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before killing himself.

The four bodies were discovered just after midnight by officers conducting a welfare check at the family's home in the New York City suburb of New York, Clarkstown police said in a statement.

“At this stage of the investigation, Watson is believed to have murdered his wife and two children before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the department said.

All four had gunshot wounds, police said. A gun was recovered at the scene.

Watson, 49, began his career with the New York Police Department in 2000 before joining the force seven years later in Bronxville, a town in Westchester County, according to a department biography. In 2016, he was promoted to sergeant.

An emailed inquiry to the Bronxville Police Department was not immediately returned.