Crime & Safety
New Canaan Shooting Death Preliminarily Ruled Suicide
Police found a 41-year-old woman with a gunshot wound.
Editor's note: We previously ran this story, but here it is again in case you missed it.
NEW CANAAN, CT- Police believe that the shooting death in New Canaan Tuesday was a suicide.
Police got a call March 22 around 1:30 p.m. that a 41-year-old Briarwood, N.Y. woman was armed with a handgun and threatening suicide, said Police Chief Leon Krolikowski.
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The woman was on the property of 721 North Wilton Rd. Officers found the victim with a single gunshot wound. She was treated at the scene, but didn't survive.
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"Further investigation determined that this incident is a suicide," Krolikowski said. "However, this finding is contingent on receiving a report from the Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner’s Office."
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