ELMONT, NY. (THECOUNT) — Tertue Gregoire, of Elmont, NY, has been identified as the victim shot dead in a Saturday murder-suicide.

Gregoire, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene, after police say, Patrick Myrthil, 31, shot his wife to death around 11:40 a.m. before killing himself inside a residence located on Wellington Road in Elmont.

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The pair were engaged in an argument prior to the shootings, according to officials.

Nassau County police received a report of gunshots fired on Wellington Road in Elmont around 11:40 a.m. on Saturday. source

Myrthil apparently shot Gregoire several times before turning the gun on himself, police said.

No other information was immediately made available.