MONTICELLO – A 47-year-old
Monticello man is dead and Village Police believe his murder was drug
related. This is the third homicide in the village this year.
Village Police were called to the area of Wood Avenue and Forestburg Road
just after 10 p.m. Saturday. Assisted by State Police, officers discovered
Shaun Chadwick laying in the parking lot of “It’s a Wash”
laundromat at 27 Forestburg Road.
He had been shot several times and was transported by Mobile Medic ambulance
to Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris where he was pronounced
dead, said police Lt. Mark Johnstone.
Preliminary investigation indicates Chadwick was shot near the intersection
of Wood Avenue and Holmes Street, behind the business where he was found.
The shooting is believed to have been drug related.
Monticello Police were also assisted by the Sullivan County District
Attorney’s Office and State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Anyone who may have information about the murder is asked to call Monticello
Police in confidence at 845-794-4422 or 845-791-TIPS.
