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Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend
Hudson Valley Double Murder/Suicide Shooter: Trustee, Police Chief's Friend This story has been updated. When Police Chief Philip Mattracion responded to a murder-suicide in the Hudson Valley Village of Ellenville Thursday morning, he never expected to find one that one of his closest friends had shot and killed two people and then turned the gun on himself. "I just spoke with him last night and he was joking and laughing," Mattracion said. "This is just so sad for all involved and I'm questioning why I didn't see or notice something last night with all my years of law enforcement." The Ulster County murder-suicide took place around 10 a.m. whe…