Police investigating murder-suicide in Penn Yan

Penn Yan police investigating likely murder-suicide

Penn Yan police investigating likely murder-suicide

PENN YAN, N.Y. — Police are investigating a murder-suicide in Penn Yan. They say it happened on Tuesday, September 10, when officers were dispatched to a house on Franklin Street after a man and woman were found dead in their house.

Officers went to the house around 7:30 p.m. and found 37-year-old Michael Personale shot multiple times in the torso and head, and 38-year-old Ashley Manaco had a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the neck. Police say they were husband and wife. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are working with other agencies to provide support to anyone affected.

Autopsies will be done by the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office.