- Police found Watson Morgan, 49, his wife Ornela Morgan, 43, and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, dead in their home
- Watson was identified as a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department and is believed to have committed the murder-suicide
- Bronxville police said Watson did not show up for his Friday shift and so contacted Clarkstown police to conduct a welfare check
Four family members were found dead in their New York home after their father, a police officer, committed suicide, police said.
On Saturday, Clarkstown Police Department officers found Bronxville Police Department Sergeant Watson Morgan, 49, his wife Ornela Morgan, 43, and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, dead in their home.
After Watson failed to show up for work, officers conducted a welfare check at 10 Clydesdale Court in New City and found all four family members dead with gunshot wounds, according to police.
Clarkstown police identified Watson as a Bronxville police sergeant and believe he committed the murder-suicide.
“At this point in the investigation, it is believed that Watson killed his wife and two children before taking his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” police said.
Clarkstown police found Watson Morgan, 49, his wife Ornela Morgan, 43, and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, dead in their home
Watson Morgan was identified as a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department. He joined the New York City Police Department in 2000 and the Bronxville Police Department in 2007
The boys attended school in the Clarkstown Central School District. The 10-year-old attended Laurel Plains Elementary School and the 12-year-old attended Felix Festa Middle School
A handgun was recovered at the scene and police said there was no threat to the public.
Bronxville police said Watson did not show up for his evening shift on Friday, so he contacted Clarkstown police to conduct a welfare check.
“Sergeant Morgan did not show up for the evening shift last night and our police contacted the Clarkstown Police Department in his hometown, who made the discovery,” Bronxville Police said in a statement to CBS News.
“Sergeant Morgan joined the New York City Police Department in 2000 and the Bronxville Police Department in 2007. He was assigned to the detective division in 2014 and promoted to sergeant in 2016.”
The Morgan's purchased the New City home in 2016 for $577,000.
According to News 12 Westchester, the boys attended school in the Clarkstown Central School District.
Officers responded to a call at 10 Clydesdale Court in New City to conduct a welfare check and found all four family members dead and suffering from gunshot wounds
Police recovered a handgun at the scene and believe Watson first killed his wife and children and then himself
The 10-year-old attended Laurel Plains Elementary School and the 12-year-old attended Felix Festa Middle School.
The school district said, “The new year will undoubtedly begin with great sadness and heavy hearts in our close-knit school district.”
“The coming days and weeks will be a difficult time for our school community as we struggle to understand the loss of precious lives.”
Rockland County Executive Ed Day said, “As we seek to understand this unimaginable tragedy, our hearts break for the family involved in this devastating murder-suicide in Clarkstown.”