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<h6 id="ra-headline"><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>Three dead in double murder-suicide at upstate New York apt complex</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="title entry-title cleanprint-title"><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>30-year employee of Ellenville school district killed his longtime domestic partner and a man she was dating</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="title entry-title cleanprint-title"><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>Efrain Lopez, 55, who also was a current member of the Ellenville Village Board, fatally shot Margarita Soto and Jose Cruz, both 55, about 9:55 a.m. Thursday outside their apt building</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="title entry-title cleanprint-title"><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>Lopez tailed the love birds, got out of his sedan and Cruz got of his own vehicle, Lopez then fatally shot Cruz with a 30-30 lever-action rifle.</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="title entry-title cleanprint-title"><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>He shot Margarita Soto through the passenger-side window of the red car before turning the rifle on himself, at the scene </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="title entry-title cleanprint-title"><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>All three were pronounced dead at the scene</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="title entry-title cleanprint-title"><span style="color: #080000;"><strong>Lopez and Soto had been longtime partners, but Soto recently started dating Cruz, &#8216;which didn’t sit well with Lopez,&#8217; police said</strong></span></h6>
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<p><img class=" wp-image-288132 alignleft" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Efrain-lopez-1.png" alt="Efrain lopez 1.png" width="232" height="351" />A 30-year employee of the Ellenville school district in upstate New York, fatally shot his longtime domestic partner and a man she was dating, then took his own life, the village police chief said Thursday.<br />
55-year-old Efrain Lopez, [left], killed Margarita Soto and Jose Cruz, both age 55, about 9:55 a.m. Thursday outside the Canal Lock apartments at 110 Center St., Chief Philip Mattracion said during an afternoon press conference.<br />
Lopez then killed himself, the chief said.<br />
According to police, Lopez who also was a current member of the Ellenville Village Board, got out of the black sedan he was driving and Cruz got of the small red car he was driving, and Lopez shot Cruz with a 30-30 lever-action rifle. Lopez then shot Margarita Soto through the passenger-side window of her new boyfriend&#8217;s car before turning the rifle on himself, the chief said.<br />
All three were pronounced dead at the scene.</p>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-288131" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Scene-of-Thursday’s-double-murder-and-suicide-in-Ellenville-NY-1.jpg" alt="Scene of Thursday’s double murder and suicide in Ellenville, NY 1.jpg" width="800" height="581" /><strong>Police activity at the scene of Thursday’s double-murder and suicide on Center Street in Ellenville, NY</strong></h6>
<p>The chief said Lopez and Soto had been longtime partners and that Soto started dating Cruz recently, a fact that he said didn’t sit well with Lopez.<br />
Mattracion said village police had no reports of domestic problems involving any of the three but that his department was checking with other agencies in the area about reports that might have been filed with them.<br />
The chief, who also is president of the Ellenville Board of Education, said Lopez, a janitor, worked for the school district for 30 years.<br />
Ellenville schools were placed in lockdown after the shootings because police initially believed a suspect was at large, Mattracion said. The lockdown was lifted about 11 a.m. after it became clear the shooter was among the dead.</p>
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Love triangle in upstate New York ends with Ellenville school district employee, fatally shooting longtime domestic partner and a man she was dating
