A 51-year-old Latina woman, the mother of a New York police officer, was shot to death on Wednesday at her home in the Queens neighborhood, according to local authorities.
Anna Torres was found with gunshot wounds shortly after two in the afternoon.
At approximately that time, a man was caught on camera with a gun on a nearby street, The New York Post reported, citing police sources.
An hour later, Giuseppe Canzani, 41, who has been accused of killing Torres at his home on 109th Avenue in Ozone Park, turned himself in to police, according to the NBC station in the city.
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Canzani went to a police station and
placed a silver .45 caliber firearm
on the sidewalk;
He was taken into custody without incident by two officers who were outside at the time, New York Police Deputy Chief Jerry O'Sullivan told a news conference.
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Security cameras captured the incident.
Canzani admitted to shooting Torres, saying, "They tried to kill me
. "
He then added that he was supposedly "already dead," according to police.
The man opened fire when the woman approached her door, according to police, who said they recovered a gun at the scene, NBC New York reported.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene: two of the three shots hit her, one of them to the head, according to police.
Video from surveillance cameras shows the vehicle Canzani used, a Chevy Traverse, in front of his home, according to authorities.
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They also show a man authorities believe to be Canzani wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, baseball cap and sweatpants.
He walks up to the front door, walks out of the camera's view, and shortly after is seen walking back to the car with a gun in his hand, getting in and driving away.
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Authorities are investigating whether the victim and suspect knew each other.
Torres' son is a police officer but according to investigators there is "no reason" to believe that his death is due to this.
Torres worked at home as a "spiritual reader."
Her daughter told authorities that she had recently had an argument with her client, whom she only knew as "Joe."
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Police did not say what the motive for the murder may have been in announcing Canzani's arrest.
The gun he allegedly fired has not been linked to any other crime, according to authorities, and the car he used to drive to Torres' house is in the name of his wife.