2 dead in shooting at Cypress Hills home – NBC New York

A father and daughter were found dead with their throats slit in a Brooklyn home over the weekend, law enforcement sources said.

The 91-year-old man and 66-year-old woman were discovered Sunday afternoon on the kitchen floor of the family’s two-story home in Cypress Hills, according to police. The family had lived in the house for more than thirty years.

A 911 call alerted police to the bloody scene on Warwick Street.

Investigators have identified the victims as Roosevelt Simmons, known in the community as Bubba, and Jacqueline Delyons. Family friends said Delyons was a very religious person and that in recent years she shared one of the floors in the house with a man.

Although no arrests have been made, police sources told NBC New York that someone was in custody and was being questioned in connection with the gruesome murders. Neighbors said the person arrested was a man who also lived in the building.

Police have not released any further details about a possible suspect or motive for the killings.