Police: N.J. triple murder-suicide was domestic dispute turned deadly

(CSB/AP) BAYONNE, N.J. - Police in New Jersey have identified the shooter in yesterday's apparent murder-suicide that left four dead, including one baby, as 28-year-old Adepso Collado.

The Hudson County prosecutor's office said Collado shot his estranged wife, 26-year-old Kenia Collado, in her home Monday evening, in what authorities labeled as a domestic dispute turned deadly. Jose Guzman, 31, and Guzman's 14-month-old son also died in the shooting. Adepso Collado then turned a semiautomatic handgun on himself, authorities said.

Kenia Collado's roommate was wounded in the shooting, but her two daughters escaped unharmed.

"I just heard a woman scream, then gunshots - about six or seven," said neighbor Torrie Blue, who said her 9-year-old daughter regularly plays with the older children. "Then everything went quiet."

The prosecutor's office said the Collados were estranged, and assistant prosecutor Tim Moriarty said he didn't believe the couple was divorced. A neighbor, Angel Ortega, said that he didn't remember seeing Adepso Collado at the house but said he regularly saw Guzman there and said Guzman would refer to Kenia Collado as his wife.

Cassandra Rasmussen, who lives several doors down from the Collados, said she saw the family frequently cooking outside in the small yard next to the house; someone in the family had a green thumb, evidenced by a small plot of peppers and other vegetables behind the house.

"They seemed very happy. They were always outside having barbecues and dancing," she said.

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