Eastchester teacher and retired NYPD officer found dead in Yonkers

Yonkers Police Sgt. Frank DiDomizio said Sean O’Neill, 54, a retired NYPD officer, and his wife Arlene, 47, a fifth-grade teacher in Eastchester, were found dead at 142 Chittenden Avenue around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning been.

DiDomizio said officers arrived at the scene and found Sean O’Neill deceased with a gunshot wound to the head and Arlene O’Neill critically injured with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. First responders tried to save her life, but she died from her injuries at the scene.

Initial investigations indicate that the argument led to a shooting

An investigation by the Yonkers Major Case Squad and Crime Scene Unit revealed that there was an argument between the two that morning, which subsequently resulted in Sean O’Neill shooting Arlene O’Neill multiple times with a handgun before he shot himself.