Mom, Son Found Dead At UES Building In Possible Murder-Suicide: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A man plunged to his death from an Upper East Side building on Tuesday, while his mother was found dead inside their residence soon after — causing authorities to suspect a murder-suicide, police said.

Police arrived at the 18-story building on the corner of Third Avenue and East 79th Street just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

They found 26-year-old Douglas Solomon lying unresponsive in the building's courtyard, with trauma to the body and injuries suggesting he had fallen from an elevated position, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Not long after, police found Solomon's mother, 65-year-old Diane Gallagher, unresponsive inside their 16th-floor apartment. Gallagher, who had head trauma, was also pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are still investigating the two deaths, but believe Douglas Solomon may have been the perpetrator of a murder-suicide, an NYPD spokesperson said.

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