Murray Hill Man Fatally Shoots Himself As City Marshal Arrives to Evict Him
(DNAINFO) Noah Hurowitz — An 81-year-old man fatally shot himself just as a city marshal arrived to evict him from his East 40th Street apartment on Tuesday, according to NYPD.
The marshal, George Essock Jr., knocked on the man’s door at 305 E. 40th St. just after 12 p.m. to serve him eviction papers, when the resident asked him to wait a few moments while he got dressed, according to Michael Woloz, a spokesman for city marshals.
After a short time, Essock heard a loud bang come from inside the apartment, Woloz said. Then he drilled through the door and found the resident in the bedroom with a gunshot wound to his head, he said.