
Man Distraught Over Planned Sale of Late Mother’s Home Fatally Shoots 4 Family Members and Himself
Published on August 27, 2024
SYOSSET, N.Y.—A New York man distraught that he was being forced to move from his late mother’s home shot and killed four of his family members before taking his own life, police said Monday. Joseph DeLucia, Jr. and his family had gathered shortly before noon on Sunday in his mother’s home in Syosset, about 30 miles east of Manhattan on suburban Long Island, just three days after laying the matriarch to rest. But instead of discussing the planned sale of the home, where DeLucia Jr. also lived, the 59-year-old fired 12 rounds from a shotgun he’d obtained, killing his three siblings and a niece, according to Nassau County Police Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick....
