UPDATE: Explosive materials found at NY hotel after shooting of Marist student's relative near college; 2 suspects in custody, officials say.
ATF members responded to the hotel after materials"used to make explosives" were found on site, Poughkeepsie's police chief saidThe relative of a Marist College student died Sunday morning in a shooting at a hotel 10 minutes down the road from the school where"Family Weekend" was underway, college and police officials said.
Multiple agencies responded to the Courtyard by Marriott in the Town of Poughkeepsie around 7:30 a.m. for reports of shots fired inside the hotel, police said in a statement. Officers arrived at the hotel on South Road and located a man inside, suffering from an apparent fatal gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Two suspects were also located in the area of the hotel and taken into custody, according to Chief Joseph Cavaliere. Investigators recovered a firearm as well as materials"used to make explosives," the chief told News 4.