By Associated Press - Wednesday, November 1, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a 62-year-old man killed himself after fatally shooting a woman in the East Village.

It happened at Cooper Square and Astor Place just before 8 a.m. Wednesday.

Police say the 56-year-old woman was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the torso and pronounced dead.



The man had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Their identities have not yet been released.

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