Sean Armstead from NYPD is a police officer who got into the murder-suicide case in Newyork.
Investigators looking into a homicide-suicide in upstate New York think the gunman was a jealous NYPD detective who shot and killed a love rival outside a Buffalo Wild Wings before turning the pistol on himself.
Who Is Sean Armistead NYPD?
Sean Armstead, a New York City police officer from Port Jervis, and Edward Wilkins, of Wurtsboro, have been identified as the suspects in a deadly shooting outside a Buffalo Wild Wings in Wallkill is being investigated as a murder-suicide.
According to the sources Sean was 36 years old whereas Edward was 20 years old.
Armistead started his service in the year 2011 and was a ranked police officer in 2012. As per the official website, he took a salary of around $85k after 2018 for his contribution to the police force.
He had worked 124 hours of overtime in the year 2016, 121 in 2017, and 19 hours in 2018.
Murder-Suicide Case In NY
According to Wallkill police, they went to a shooting incident at the restaurant on Route 211 East at 10:30 p.m. Sunday night, when they discovered two males dead. A pistol and many expended shotshells were discovered at the site, according to authorities.
As per the local news sites, there are no additional details available. State police, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the New York attorney general’s office, and the Middletown and New York police departments are all investigating.
Sean Armistead’s Wife Name
As they drove through Wallkill, 80 miles north of New York City, late on Sunday night, Sean Armstead followed his wife Alexandra Vanderheyden and a guy he thought she was having an affair with.
According to sources, he followed the couple to a motel and then chased them out. The pair then drove away in their automobile. Armstead chased after the duo in his car, collided with them, and trapped them outside a Buffalo Wild Wings on Route 211 before shooting the unidentified ‘lover’ dead.
It’s suspected that the crazy officer then murdered himself in the same parking lot.
The incident that occurred at about 10:40 p.m. did not appear to damage Armstead’s wife. Multiple police cars surrounded the couple’s $450,000 marital house in Port Jervis, 40 miles from Wallkill, on Monday morning.
Vanderheyden told investigators that she believes Armstead followed her down using her phone.