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New York man fatally shoots two neighbors, sets apartment on fire, then kills himself in weekend murder-suicide-arson

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"article-header">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"flag-region">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Man fatally shoots neighbors in Harlem&comma; NY on Friday before setting the apt on fire<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>59-year-old male suspect&comma; shot his 78-year-old neighbor in the head in the first-floor hallway of their apartment building&comma; around 2&colon;45 p&period;m on Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Gunman then shot the first victim&&num;8217&semi;s man’s 62-year-old girlfriend in the head in the hallway<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Police arrived to find the gunman had locked himself inside an apartment on the first floor of the building<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3b3030&semi;"><strong>Cops broke into the room and found the shooter dead in his bathroom with a gunshot wound to the head<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"byline-date"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-333103" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;NYPD-arrive-at-homicide-scene-in-Harlem-NY-on-Friday-Oct-18-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"NYPD arrive at homicide scene in Harlem&comma; NY on Friday Oct 18 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"825" height&equals;"547" &sol;><strong>Police Emergency Service Unit breach team leaves the Harlem building after finding the gunman on Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry-content-read-more">&NewLine;<p>A Harlem man shot and killed two of his neighbors&comma; lit his apartment on fire&comma; and then fatally shot himself in the head during a standoff with cops Friday&comma; authorities said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bruce Anderson sparked the melee when he introduced a gun to his long-running argument with neighbor Hampton Smith&comma; 79&comma; in the hallway of the second floor of their W&period; 131st St&period; building around 2&colon;45 p&period;m&period;&comma; Friday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Anderson killed Smith by firing a bullet into his head&comma; said police&period; He then went upstairs and shot Smith’s girlfriend&comma; Yvette Rivera&comma; 62&comma; in the second floor apartment the couple shared&comma; cops said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Anderson&comma; 59&comma; then retreated to his own apartment&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Come and get it&excl;” he yelled to police responding to reports of shots fired at the building&period;&comma;<&sol;span>Chief of Manhattan Detectives Martine Materasso said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-333109" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;NYPD-arrive-at-homicide-scene-in-Harlem-NY-on-Friday-Oct-18-4&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;2410" alt&equals;"NYPD arrive at homicide scene in Harlem&comma; NY on Friday Oct 18 4&period;jpg" width&equals;"1205" height&equals;"903" &sol;><strong>NY firefighters respond to the blaze at the crime scene in Harlem on Friday &&num;8211&semi; The fire erupted on the first floor of the W&period; 131st St&period; building near Lenox Ave&period; about 2&colon;50 p&period;m&period; on Friday&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-333101" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;EMTs-evacuate-bodies-from-homicide-scene-in-Harlem-NY-on-Friday-Oct-18-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"EMTs evacuate bodies from homicide scene in Harlem&comma; NY on Friday Oct 18 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"662" height&equals;"441" &sol;>EMS evacuates an injured man to an ambulance &&num;8211&semi; Three people died in a Harlem building fire that sources said was started to cover up a crime Friday afternoon&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Police rushed to the scene and found the gunman had locked himself inside an apartment on the first floor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Come and get it&excl;” the suspect shouted at cops from inside the apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police called for backup from the NYPD emergency services unit &lbrack;ESU&rsqb; and noticed smoke coming from inside the apartment&comma; Materasso said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Moments later&comma; Emergency Service Unit Officers broke into the apartment and discovered Anderson in a bathroom with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head&comma; said police&period; Officers found two guns in the apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Anderson and Hampton died at the scene&comma; authorities said&period; Rivera was rushed to Harlem Hospital&comma; where she was soon pronounced dead&comma; sources said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-333105" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;EMTs-evacuate-injured-fireman-from-homicide-scene-in-Harlem-NY-on-Friday-Oct-18-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"EMTs evacuate injured fireman from homicide scene in Harlem&comma; NY on Friday Oct 18 3&period;jpg" width&equals;"662" height&equals;"441" &sol;><strong>EMS remove a firefighter who was injured while responding from the scene of the fire on Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"crd clln--it" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" crd--cnt ">&NewLine;<p>More than 100 firefighters showed up to put out the flames and recover three victims&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Authorities said the fire made the investigation &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;chaotic to say the least&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>One firefighter suffered serious&comma; but non-life-threatening injuries&semi; a second suffered minor injuries&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;No other suspects are outstanding&comma; police said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The men had a long-running dispute&comma;” said a police source&comma; citing a noise complaint by Hampton against Anderson in February&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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