CENTRAL VALLEY — Town of Woodbury police believe a man shot his girlfriend multiple times before taking his own life in an apparent murder-suicide early Saturday morning.
Officers responded to a 1 a.m. Saturday call for shots fired on Woodward Terrace.
Police believe Vincent Russo, 26, of Virginia, used a .40 caliber handgun to shoot his girlfriend, Ramy Jacildo, 22, of the Philippines, multiple times before taking his own life.
Officers found Russo lying in the home's driveway with a gunshot wound to the head, officials said. He was transported by Woodbury Ambulance and Mobile Life to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, where he was pronounced dead.
Jacildo was found slumped against the side of the home. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Autopsies were scheduled Sunday afternoon at the Orange County Medical Examiner's Office.
Russo and Jacildo apparently met about a year ago while she was on vacation in Washington, D.C., police officials said. They had been in a long-distance relationship ever since.
Jacildo was in Central Valley visiting family who live at the Woodward Terrace home.
Russo came up from Virginia to meet her and her family, police said. Police are trying to piece together what happened next.
The investigation is ongoing. Town of Woodbury police were assisted at the scene by state police and Village of Harriman police.
This is the first murder in the Town of Woodbury in more than 40 years, officials said.
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