(Updated- 8:30 p.m.) A 61-year-old woman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound this afternoon on East Main Street, Riverhead Town Police said tonight.
Police responded to a 911 call about a shooting in the vicinity of a vacant building at 1312 East Main Street, near Old Country Road, just before 3 p.m. Monday.
The Riverhead Police Department detective division and the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating, police said in a press release tonight.
Police did not release the woman’s identity.
The death does not appear to be suspicious in nature, police said. The case is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call the Riverhead Detective Division at 631-727-4500 ext.321.
Editor’s note: This article was updated with information supplied by Riverhead Police Department after it was originally published.
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