Pictured: Bodybuilding retired cop who 'shot wife over cash woes after buying her Louis Vuitton bag for Christmas'
- Tracey Young shot seven times in New York apartment
- Husband Clarence Cash 'then tried to commit suicide'
- Neighbours 'heard couple fighting before the shooting'
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A retired NYPD cop allegedly brutally shot and killed his criminal investigator wife because of the cost of Christmas, police sources claim.
Tracey Young, 42, was shot seven times in her apartment in Queens, New York, on Saturday night - four times in the torso and three in the face.
Her husband Clarence Cash, 49, a retired Harlem cop, reportedly turned himself into a Manhattan precinct, saying: ‘I just shot my wife’.
Retired cop: Clarence Cash, 49, allegedly brutally shot and killed his criminal investigator wife because of the cost of Christmas, police sources claim
‘My wife, she didn’t deserve that,’ he told cops, reported the New York Post. ‘I’m a retired cop. I tried to kill myself, but I couldn’t do it.’
Part-time court guard Cash had just bought Ms Young an expensive Louis Vuitton handbag for Christmas, reported the New York Post.
But Ms Young had threatened to leave him after a fight over money and he reportedly had problems affording her Christmas presents.
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ShareThe 6ft tall bodybuilder was charged with the murder which took place just after 11pm on Saturday night after turning himself in on Sunday morning.
Cash had spent hours trying to work up the courage to commit suicide after the fatal shooting, police sources told the New York Post.
Ms Young was a criminal tax investigator, reported the New York Daily News. Neighbours said they heard the couple fighting before the shooting.
Grief: Neighbours said there had been no signs of trouble before the shooting on Saturday night in Queens, New York, which has shocked locals
Body: The 6ft tall body-builder was charged with the murder which took place just after 11pm on Saturday night after turning himself in on Sunday morning
'They heard them fighting and then they heard the gunshots,' a relative told the New York Daily News. 'They said it was close to ten shots.'
Relatives said Ms Young’s mother had also been killed by her partner when Ms Young was a child.
'My wife, she didn’t deserve that. I’m a retired cop. I tried to kill myself, but I couldn’t do it'
Clarence Cash
'This is like history repeating itself - 31 years later she died just like her mother,' her cousin told the Daily News.
Young carried a gun for her work investigating the smuggling of untaxed cigarettes, her supervisor told the New York Daily News.
'She was an incredible investigator, one of the top ten in the state,' the supervisor said. 'One of the most dedicated people you’d ever see.'
Ms Young was the president of the condo association in her upscale building. Neighbours said there had been no signs of trouble.
Crime scene: Tracey Young, 42, was shot seven times in her Queens apartment on Saturday - four times in the torso and three in the face
Grief: Family and friends comfort each other outside Tracey Young's apartment after she was murdered on Saturday night
'They were a nice couple, he always called her ‘my sweet lady’ and things like that,' a neighbour who gave his name as Martin said.
'Nothing was suspicious - she even said that her husband got her a Louis Vuitton bag for Christmas because that’s what she wanted'
Maple Dong
Maple Dong, 28, the treasurer of the board, met with Young just hours before she was killed, reported the New York Daily News.
'Nothing was suspicious - she even said that her husband got her a Louis Vuitton bag for Christmas because that’s what she wanted,’ she said.
‘She didn’t say they had problems. This is so shocking. We saw them at board meetings together and they seemed fine.’
When Ms Dong saw police outside the building, her first reaction was to call Ms Young, unaware she was dead.
'I called her when I saw commotion outside the building and it went to voicemail. She was the one you would call if anything happened.'
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