Birthday Celebration Turns Violent

"WESTFIELD, NY — The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office says a man killed himself early Thursday morning after critically wounding his girlfriend by shooting her in the head on Route 5 in Barcelona.

"Deputies say Sam Reynolds, 38, and Nicole Sheehan, 29, both of Lancaster, had traveled to Barcelona along the Lake Erie shoreline to celebrate Sheehan’s birthday.

"The sheriff’s office says Sheehan, fled to a residence on Route 5 after being shot, and was eventually taken to Hamot Medical Center in Erie, PA, where she is listed in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head.

"Authorities immediately began searching for her boyfriend in the area of the Barcelona Beach and Marina when officers heard a gunshot. Deputies found Reynolds a short time later on the beach, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

"The investigation is continuing."

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