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A Port Authority police officer shot and killed his sister and critically wounded their mother before killing himself on Thursday.
New York police responded to the Bronx apartment Thursday morning after someone at the reception desk called 911 and reported hearing gunshots at about 8 a.m.
Officers found the 55-year-old man and his 59-year-old sister dead with gunshots to the head.
They rushed their 86-year-old mother, who was shot in the face, to a hospital.
Police said they found two firearms in the apartment.
Law enforcement sources said the killer had worked for the Port Authority for 20 years, most recently at LaGuardia Airport.
Police have not released the identities of any of the people involved.
The killer was found in a hallway, a firearm in his Port Authority police identification next to his body.
The sister was found in a bedroom, and the mother was found in another room.
She was said to be in critical but stable condition.
Neighbor Jane Burbank says the 59-year-old woman had lived in the apartment for years and that her mother had recently moved in with her.
She had nieces and nephews.
She had a big family.
She was a wonderful person.
She was full of life.
She loved to dance.
She loved to get people together.
She loved to cook.
She loved to travel and was looking forward to her retirement so she could travel more.