Son of retired New York judge kills mother, leaps off Manhattan building to demise: eport

The son of a retired New York State Supreme Courtroom judge who oversaw a number of superior-profile instances whilst on the bench jumped to his dying from a Manhattan condominium setting up just after fatally beating his mother, authorities reported. 

Douglas Solomon, 26, was located bare and bleeding immediately after leaping 16 flooring out of a developing on East 79th Road all-around 10:30 a.m., the New York Write-up claimed, citing law enforcement resources. 

Solomon's mom, Diane Gallagher, 65, was identified dead inside an condominium with head trauma. Both ended up pronounced lifeless at the scene, the New York Police Division stated. 

"It was the loudest thud. At very first, I considered it was an air conditioning unit," a resident of the creating, who declined to share his title, instructed the newspaper. 

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The son of a retired New York Condition Supreme Court docket judge jumped from a Manhattan condominium building Tuesday right after killing his mother, in accordance to stories. (Google Maps)

"I appeared down, and he was appropriate beneath my window," a resident stated. "He was butt bare."

Law enforcement are investigating the fatalities as a murder-suicide. 

Just one resident, who life a couple of floors under the family's condominium, informed The Post they heard arguing and yelling. 

"I heard a bunch of voices. I considered it was design personnel arguing," the resident mentioned. "I imagined it was just persons offended with each and every other."

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Solomon is the son of Charles Solomon, who retired from the bench in 2017 just after a few many years. Around the training course of his vocation, he oversaw a sequence of substantial-profile circumstances, like the 2010 demo of Michael Lenahan, who was convicted of strangling a girl and lying in mattress with the deceased corpse for two days, in accordance to the Submit report. 

Other cases involve the trial of Sean "P-Diddy" Combs above a nightclub shooting and a plea deal for a Russian prostitute who observed former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer.