L.I. Couple Shot Dead; Son, Girlfriend Arrested

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ELMONT — A man and woman trying to evict their grown son and his girlfriend were shot and killed when the young couple turned on them, police said yesterday.

Franklin Gallimore Jr., 51, and Grace Thorpe, 41, were each shot once in the head Sunday at Thorpe’s Elmont home, Nassau County police said.

Gallimore Jr. did not live with Thorpe but had been visiting to help evict the couple’s 20-year-old son and his 18-year-old girlfriend, police said.


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