Jewish Man that killed his wife and two children bought shotgun months before the killing

Sam Friedlander with his two children

Sam Friedlander, the Westchester man who bludgeoned his wife to death and murdered his two young children with a shotgun, bought the weapon used in the killing more than five months before he took out his family and his own life.

State Police Major Michael Kopy said in a press release that Friedlander, 50, purchased the Remington 870 and two boxes of buckshot ammunition on April 29 at All County Sporting Supply in Yonkers.

Amy Friedlander and her children were buried Sunday in Bucks County, Pa., where Amy grew up.

Friedlander, of the tony Cross River section of Lewisboro, used the weapon to kill his two children – Molly, 10, and Gregory, 8 – Oct. 18 in the family's home. He bludgeoned his wife, Amy, 46, to death in the early morning hours of the same day then killed himself with the gun. The couple was embroiled in a bitter divorce.

Kopy said a preliminary investigation showed that all proper procedures were followed in the gun purchase and that Friedlander showed a valid New York state driver’s license when he bought the weapon.

He said the investigation into the murder-suicide was in its final phase.

All County Sporting Supply could not immediately be reached for comment

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Jewish Man kills his wife and two children in murder suicide

Sam Friedlander

Amy Friedlander

A family of four is dead in what appears to be a murder-suicide. State police said Tuesday that the father, mother and two children were found dead at 2 Lambert Ridge Road. State police identified the parents as Amy Friedlander, 46, and Sam Friedlander, 50. The children were Gregory, 8, and Molly, 10. 

Gregory and Molly Friedlander
Police at the scene would not say who they believe did the killing. The parents were in the midst of a divorce."At this point, it appears to be a murder-suicide," State Police Maj. Michael Kopy said at the scene about 9 p.m. He would not say how the people were killed but said the bodies were found all around the three-story house. Extensive forensic processing was under way, and the bodies were still inside Tuesday night.This morning, a sole state police SUV was posted outside the house and keeping a half-dozen television news satellite trucks and a group of reporters across the street. A porch light was on at the house, but no lights were on inside. There was no police tape around the property, the police car the only sign of Tuesday's tragedy. Along the street, every once in a while a light would go on in one the large single-family homes. Residents at two of the homes did not want to talk about the deaths this morning. A trooper went to the house Tuesday after state police received a request to check on the welfare of one of its occupants at 3:40 p.m. The trooper got into the house, quickly found two bodies and retreated, calling for backup. Police then found the other bodies. The house has been for sale about five months, according to real estate websites.The Lewisboro school district issued a statement Tuesday night, saying Gregory and Molly Friedlander were Lewisboro Elementary students. It said that all schools will operate on a regular schedule and that "the building crisis team at Lewisboro Elementary School and the district crisis team will provide support as needed."