--- description: A recently retired police officer shot and killed his two teenage daughters before killing himself at the family home in Harrison, N.Y. title: Retired NY Police Officer Reportedly Kills 2 Daughters, Then Self image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Retired NY Police Officer Reportedly Kills 2 Daughters, Then Self  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Feb 22, 2015 4:32 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Feb 22, 2015 4:32 PM CUT A recently retired police officer shot and killed his two teenage daughters before killing himself at the family home in Harrison, N.Y., according to local news reports. The bodies of retired White Plains, N.Y. police officer Glen Hochman, 52, and his daughters Alyssa, 17, and Deanna, 13, were found at the family home Saturday, according to [WPTZ](http://www.wptz.com/national/reports-retired-new-york-cop-kills-2-daughters-self/31412376 "undefined"). Hochman retired from the White Plains police force in January with distinction after more than 20 years of service. “The White Plains Police Department is shocked and horrified by the news of this unfathomable tragedy,” said White Plains Police Commissioner David Chong in a statement Saturday. “We can only pray for the entire Hochman family.” \[[_WPTZ_](http://www.wptz.com/national/reports-retired-new-york-cop-kills-2-daughters-self/31412376 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3717789/new-york-police-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3717789/new-york-police-shooting/"},"headline":"Retired NY Police Officer Reportedly Kills 2 Daughters, Then Self","datePublished":"2015-02-22T16:32:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:36:33.787Z","description":"'The White Plains Police Department is shocked and horrified'","url":"https://time.com/3717789/new-york-police-shooting/","keywords":["Murder","Crime","police","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3717789/new-york-police-shooting/","name":"Retired NY Police Officer Reportedly Kills 2 Daughters, Then Self"}}]}] ```