Tributes flowed in for Arlene Connolly O'Neill, a fifth-grade teacher in Eastchester, after she was shot and killed in a murder suicide Wednesday.

A retired NYPD detective shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself during a murder-suicide incident last week. In a statement, the Yonkers Police Department revealed that retired NYPD detective Sean O'Neil fatally shot himself after shooting his wife Arlene O'Neil "several times.

The community of Yonkers is in shock after a murder/suicide which resulted in the death of a beloved fifth grade schoolteacher, Arlene Connolly

A community in mourning following the tragic death of a beloved schoolteacher in an apparent murder-suicide at her Westchester home is finding the silver lining in remembering her massive impact on countless young students.

An ex-NYPD detective fatally shot his wife before killing himself in a shocking murder-suicide that unfolded while the pair's three young sons were inside the house