A Long Island community is reeling at the start of the holiday season after an 18-year-old woman was shot and killed inside her ex-boyfriend’s Nesconset home Wednesday morning.
Suffolk County Police said the shooting took place at approximately 11:10 a.m. Finn had visited the home to return the teen’s belongings after their recent breakup. The unidentified 17-year-old shot Emily Finn, then shot himself in the face — and survived. He remains in critical but stable condition at Stony Brook University Hospital.
After the sound of gunfire erupted and upon confronting the sight of a wounded Emily, the perpetrator’s parents called 911. Responders pronounced Finn — who had just graduated from Sayville High School this past June — dead at the scene.
Authorities say neighbors confirm there was no “domestic history” between the teens.
While the minor is expected to be charged with second-degree murder amid an ongoing investigation that has only just begun, a GoFundMe has been created in Finn’s honor. It has raised over $50,000 as of Friday, November 28.
“I write this with tears in my eyes as we learned of the devastating and senseless loss of Emily Finn yesterday,” family fund creator Heather Corcoran wrote. “Emily leaves a hole in the lives of her mother, father, brother, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends.”
“Through her many years as a dancer,” Corcoran added, “the children she taught as she prepared for a future as a teacher, and simply as a friend to so many, she will be sorely missed by all who knew her.”