Crime & Safety

Glen Cove Man Kills Woman, Self in Mill Neck

Police say man shot ex-wife during drive on Oyster Bay Avenue Monday morning.

A Glen Cove man fatally shot his ex-wife and then himself Monday in Mill Neck, according to the Nassau County Police Department's Homicide Squad.

Clara Urbina-Villalobos, 45, of Glen Cove was driving a 1999 Toyota Sienna at 8 a.m. on Oyster Bay Avenue with Eddy Abregu, 51, when a confrontation occurred and the car came to a stop, police said.

Abregu shot Urbina-Villalobos once before turning the gun on himself, said police.

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Urbina-Villalobos worked near the crime scene and was on her way to work when a passing motorist noticed a struggle inside the minivan and heard loud noises, according to a Newsday report.

Authorities told Newsday Urbina-Villalobos had children.

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