Alla Ausheva and her two sons were found dead in Staten Island Saturday
Active duty service Force woman, her toddlers are found dead inside fire and smoke-filled New York home hours after cops saved fellow military member husband from jumping off bridge
Couple were both US Air Force service personnel based in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn
Russian born Alla Ausheva attended a Military Naturalization Ceremony in 2012, among a group of servicemen sworn-in by President Obama
The 38-year-old mother, her daughter and son, aged two and three, were found dead at their Staten Island home on Saturday morning, after co-worker noticed a small fire at her smoke-filled house Saturday at 10.30am
Reports claimed both children aged two and three, were drowned while their mother had suffered severe trauma to her head and face
Her husband, discovered about to jump off a bridge at 7.45am that morning, was taken to hospital for a medical evaluation and is now in police custody
The 36-year-old husband is in custody, cops said they have a person of interest but are not looking for any suspects
No one has been arrested or charged and cause of death is not yet determined
Air Force service person Alla Ausheva was sworn in as an American citizen by Barack Obama at the White House seven years ago. She’s been named locally as the mother found dead alongside her two toddlers inside their Staten Iland, NY home on Saturday morning
New York police are investigating a triple homicide after a mother and her two children were found dead in room at their burning Staten Island home on Saturday morning, just hours after her husband almost tried to take his life. The couple were both US Air Force service members based in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York.
Reports claimed the two-year-old boy and his three-year-old brother were drowned. First responders reportedly, found the children face down on the bed.
It was not revealed how their mother appeared to have died but it has been reported she had severe injuries to her head and face.
The 37-year-old woman Air Force woman found dead alongside her toddler sons inside their Staten Island, New York home on Saturday morning has been identified as servicewoman Alla Ausheva.
Ausheva was sworn in as an American citizen by Barack Obama at the White House seven years ago, it’s been revealed.
Alla Ausheva and her two children were found dead in Staten Island Saturday
Russia born Ausheva is believed to be a member of the US Air Force based in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn. Footage shows her at a Military Naturalization Ceremony in 2012.
Speaking that year Ausheva said: ‘It was awesome. I met the president. He’s just awesome. I’m so happy.
She told NYPost: ‘I always wanted to live here. This is really a country where you can pursue your dream and do what you want to do.’
Ausheva is understood to have joined the National Guard just three months after moving to America when her husband won the green card lottery.
She said her husband was surprised when she signed up for the New York Army National Guard, adding: ‘At first, he was surprised. Then, when I told him I would do it anyway because it was my dream, he was very supportive.’
In 2012 Obama told the new citizens, including Alla: ‘All of you did something profound: You chose to serve. You put on the uniform of a country that was not yet fully your own.’
Cops investigate the scene where the 36-year-old active duty service woman and her two toddlers were found dead inside a Staten Island, NY home on Saturday
The dead woman’s husband was discovered about to jump off the Verrazzano Bridge [photo], at 7.45am on Saturday morning. The family’s Staten Island home sits about two miles from the Bridge, linking the island to Brooklyn. The 36-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation.
An onlooker called emergency services when they spotted the 36-year-old man – believed to be the children’s father – walking on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at 7.45 am.
He was taken to hospital for a medical evaluation.
Then two miles away from where he was found aimlessly wandering, a colleague of the unidentified deceased woman arrived at her property on Pallisade Street in Arrochar and noticed a small fire on the second story of the brick house.
The door of the home, just off the dead end block of Lilly Pond Avenue, was wide open around 10.30 am and the home was filled with smoke according to the witness.
Police arrived before firefighters responded to the 911 call and then extinguished the flames.
Reports claimed both children aged two and three, were drowned while their mother had suffered severe trauma to her head and face. Police said they responded before firefighters got to the scene to extinguish a small fire on Saturday
On Saturday police said, they responded before firefighters got to the scene to extinguish a small fire. The police chief also said they had responded to one incident at the home prior to the murder case.
A medical examiner is determining the cause of death for each victim.
No arrests or charges have been made but the husband was in custody Saturday.
Law enforcement said they are not looking for any suspects and currently have one in custody.
The couple were both US Air Force members based in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York and the US military has joined the investigation and personnel were at the scene.
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