Long Island Man Who Fired Gun At Officers Found Dead Inside Home: Police

LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — A Lake Ronkonkoma man who shot at officers responding to reports of an intoxicated and suicidal man inside his home was found dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Suffolk police said.

Officers responded to a 911 call reporting an intoxicated and suicidal man with a handgun inside a home on Wiggins Streer just before 9 a.m., police said, adding, that shortly after they arrived, Pedro Laureano, left the house and exchanged gunfire with an officer.

He then retreated and barricaded himself in the home, police said.

A short while later, police heard gunshots and Emergency Service Section officers made entry into the home where they found Laureano, 55, dead from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police.

The New York State Attorney General’s Office has been notified.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact Homicide Section detectives at 631-852-6392.