"Foul Odor" Reveals Murder/Suicide

"BROOKLYN, NY — A 7-year-old boy and two adults who were shot to death were discovered by police officers on Tuesday inside a Brooklyn apartment in what detectives are investigating as a possible murder-suicide, a police spokesman said.

"The officers responded to a call around midnight of `foul odor` emanating from a second-floor apartment at 749 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. After gaining entry two hours later, the police found the bodies of a woman, a man and the boy. The three victims were each shot once in the head, the police said, adding that a firearm was recovered at the scene.

"The victims were identified by the police as David Sherrod, 44, Alma Cox, 51, and Jaquan Cox, who lived in Poughkeepsie, N.Y."

From The New York Times...