Police Investigate Deaths of 5 People in New York City Suburb

Police Investigate Deaths of 5 People in New York City Suburb
Police tape in a file photo. (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)

SYOSSET, N.Y.—Police on Sunday were investigating the deaths of five people at a suburban Long Island home.

Officers responding to a report of shots fired in Syosset at midday found the body of a man outside a home with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The bodies of four other people were found inside the residence about 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of New York City, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department.

Police said all five victims were pronounced dead by a police medic and that a homicide squad was investigating.

Police did not release further information.