Crime & Safety

FBI Probes Death in Haverstraw

Rosman Road is closed as forensic teams work, state police said.

HAVERSTRAW, NY — The New York State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating a death that occurred on at about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday on Rosman Road in the Town of Haverstraw.

A man in a car was stopped by law enforcement personnel on Rosman Road at the intersection of Langschur Court. As officers approached the vehicle, the man took his own life, using a firearm, state police said.

Rosman Road is closed as forensic teams work on the scene.

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State Police were assisted by the Rockland County Medical Examiner's Office.

The identity of the subject is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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