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Syracuse, NY – a man accused of killing his son and girlfriend in Syracuse this week is expected to try to use a defense of madness in court, Prosecutors said Wednesday.

David M. Huff, 43, was accused of killing his girlfriend, YERALDITH TSCHUDY32, and his son, Jeremiah Huff11, inside his father’s house in 128 Roney Road around 9:30 pm on Monday.

The reason for the shooting is unknown at this time, according to Onoondaga County District William Fitzpatrick. But Huff’s defense could be a “mental defense,” he said.

According to the law, that defense could decrease its punishment if it is declared guilty (perhaps making it eligible for probation decades from now on), delaying your judgment or sending it to a psychiatric hospital instead of prison.

Monday night, Huff fired A Remington 870 Express 12 of caliber Several times, killing his girlfriend and son in the house, according to a criminal complaint filed in the court of the city of Syracuse.

Tschudy was so hurt that the authorities initially could not identify her.

Huff also shot his father who was at home, According to Fitzpatrick. The child’s mother was the first to call 911 after receiving a anguished called of his son shortly before he died.

“To be attacked by an act of violence, and an act of violence of the same person who should have depended more, his father,” said Syracuse police chief Joseph Cecile, At a press conference on Wednesday outside the public security building. “We ask the question, why?

The mayor of Syracuse, Ben Walsh, said he had just kissed his 11 -year -old daughter, good night when he heard a helicopter above and thought the worst. Then he received the call.

“I think that when you see that such an atrocious act occurs that involves family members, you can’t help thinking about the context of your own life,” Walsh said. “You can’t understand that someone can do that to your family and your loved ones.”

Huff lived in Roney Road’s house with his stepfather, prosecutors said. The two men, including Jeremiah and Tschudy, were inside the house at the time of the shooting, they said.

Police searched Huff overnight Monday until Tuesday morning.

Huff’s family called the police, worried that Huff could go to a house in Shaver Avenue in northern Syracuse, but the police and family members never saw him, according to Cecile.

Huff was arrested By the state police around 9:30 am on Tuesday on the West Seneca toll highway near the scene, almost 16 hours after the murders, said Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick said Huff has no serious criminal record before this. He was accused of a minor crime several years ago, not related to domestic violence, said the fragrance prosecutor.

Wednesday morning Huff was prosecuted in the court of the city of Syracuse for first -degree murder positions, second degree murder and fourth -grade criminal possession of a weapon.

He faces a first degree murder position because he is accused of killing two people. If it is declared guilty, you could face life imprisonment without probation.

Huff is arrested at the Onoondaga County Justice Center without bail.

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