A Montgomery County man killed his ex-wife, then himself in a murder-suicide, authorities say
Al Allaberg, 44, fatally shot his ex-wife, Durdona Sultanova, 43, on Saturday in the Huntingdon Valley section of Lower Moreland Township, authorities said.
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A Montgomery County man shot and killed his ex-wife before turning the gun on himself, authorities said, marking another incident in a violent weekend in Philadelphia’s collar counties.
Al Allaberg, 44, fatally shot his ex-wife, Durdona Sultanova, 43, on Saturday, and both bodies were found in a house in the Huntingdon Valley section of Lower Moreland Township, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
At 4:38 p.m. Saturday, Lower Moreland police responded to a 911 call from two young residents of a home on the 400 block of Carson Terrace, authorities said. When officers arrived, they found Sultanova and Allaberg’s bodies in a walk-in closet in the master bedroom, authorities said.
An autopsy showed Sultanova died from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, and head and her death was ruled a homicide, authorities said. Allaberg died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.
Saturday’s murder-suicide is another incident in a volatile weekend in Philadelphia’s suburbs.
Early Sunday morning, Bucks County law enforcement officials called for residents of Newtown Township to shelter in place due to a domestic violence call.
Authorities said a woman was assaulted in the Headley Trace development just off Newtown-Yardley Road, prompting the call. Police evacuated several nearby homes and armed officers wearing SWAT gear and armored vehicles assembled in the area.
Police reported a man was taken into custody without incident or serious injury around 10 a.m.
Just a day earlier, Andre Gordon, 26, was arrested in Trenton after police say he fatally shot three relatives in Falls Township — his 13-year-old sister, his stepmother and the 25-year-old mother of his two children.
On Sunday, New Jersey law enforcement officials announced Gordon faces charges of carjacking, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of an assault firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm without a serial number and related crimes. When he is extradited to Bucks County, he will be charged with first- and second-degree murder, burglary, unlawful restraint, reckless endangerment and related crimes, court records indicate.