NYPD cop shoots at girlfriend in their Long Island home, then kills himself



Officer Michael Williams was upset that his girlfriend, whom he had a child with, was breaking up with him over his infidelity, police sources said. He shot at her when she came to collect some of her clothes Friday night and then turned the gun on himself.
A 24-year-old off-duty NYPD cop shot at his girlfriend Friday in their Long Island home, grazing her in the ankle, sources said, before fatally turning the gun on himself .
Officer Michael Williams, who joined the NYPD in July, was distraught that his girlfriend, whom he had a child with, was breaking up with him over his infidelity, police sources said
He texted her threatening to commit suicide Friday, the sources said, then texted her a chilling photo of a gun. She came over to their basement apartment in Hempstead on Friday night to remove some belongings.
As the girlfriend, who was not identified, left with some of her clothes, Williams, who was part of the NYPD’s recruit training unit, shot at her with his .9-mm Smith & Wesson about 7:35 p.m.
She fled and called 911. Cops found Williams dead of a gunshot wound to the head, facedown on his bedroom floor, sources said.