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He didn't say who fired the shots.
An apparent dispute led to an incendiary breakup between Giovanni “John” Emmolo, 80, and 56-year-old Marina Perez, multiple law enforcement and family sources told Daily Voice.
Both were found dead of gunshot wounds at Emmolo's Myrtle Avenue home at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, after New Milford police were asked to conduct a welfare check, Musella said late Sunday afternoon, confirming a Daily Voice report.
Perez had been shot from behind, a source with direct knowledge of the incident said.
The couple had been in a relationship that ended in an acrimonious breakup following a dispute over a home that Emmolo had apparently bought for Perez, multiple family and law enforcement sources said.
He'd apparently asked her to come over before the killings, they said.
Musella's Major Crimes Unit detectives are investigating with borough police, the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Investigation -- which collected evidence -- and the county medical examiner's office.
"Additional information will be provided as it becomes available, but the shooting appears to be an isolated incident," Musella said.
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