Details on the Sunday night incident at a Allegany County hunting camp
By JOHN ANDERSON
Amity-based State Police have announced an arrest after the double-fatal shooting Sunday night at a hunting cabin on Botsford Hollow Road in the Town of Allen.
Troopers charged Scot Thompson, 65, of Englewood, Florida with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of criminal use of a firearm.
His brothers, Mark B. Thompson, 70 of Canterbury, Connecticut, and David E. Thompson, 69 of Port Charlotte, Florida, were both shot to death by a rifle, troopers said.
Sunday night around 10:06 p.m., troopers responded to a disturbance at the hunting camp. Their investigation determined that the three brothers were staying at the hunting cabin and got into a physical altercation.
One of the brothers called 911. Troopers said during the altercation, Scot Thompson fatally his brothers with a rifle and left the scene in David’s vehicle.
The vehicle information went over a be-on-the-lookout to law enforcement. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and Geneseo Police Department located the vehicle and took Scot Thompson into custody without incident.
Scot Thompson was turned over to New York State Police troopers and transported to the barracks in Amity for processing.
Scot Thompson was processed and taken to the Allegany County Jail for CAP arraignment today.
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An autopsy is scheduled for the brothers at Strong Memorial Hospital.
The NYSP Forensic Identification Unit, Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Allegany County District Attorney’s Office, Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, Geneseo Police Department and the Allegany County Coroner assisted in this investigation.
