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Hedge fund founder fatally shot in Manhattan apartment Son of slain Manhattan hedge fund founder charged with murder
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Authorities are investigating the death of a 70-year-old hedge fund founder, who was found fatally shot in his New York apartment on Sunday, according to reports. Authorities have charged Thomas Gilbert Jr. in the death of his father, the 70-year-old hedge fund founder who was found fatally shot in his New York apartment on Sunday, according to police.
The body of Thomas Gilbert Sr. was discovered in a bedroom of his apartment in Manhattan, Bloomberg reported; he had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, and the Associated Press reports that he was declared dead at the scene. The body of Thomas Gilbert Sr. was discovered in a bedroom of his apartment in Manhattan’s East Side, Bloomberg reported; he had a gunshot wound to the head. The Associated Press reports that Gilbert — founder of Wainscott Capital Partners Fund — was declared dead at the scene.
Before the shooting, Gilbert — the founder of Wainscott Capital Partners Fund — and his son were “believed to be discussing differences in their relationship,” according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited an unnamed law enforcement official. Gilbert’s 30-year-old son faces a murder charge and two weapons-related charges, George Tsourovakas, a spokesman for the New York Police Department, told The Post.
The Journal also reported that the victim’s wife called emergency responders after finding the body near a handgun. NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told the AP that the younger Gilbert went to his father’s apartment Sunday afternoon and that the two men argued about money.
Boyce told the AP that the crime scene was staged to look like a suicide.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the victim’s wife called emergency responders after finding the body near a handgun.
“I heard a loud sound right above me,” Christopher Kelly, who lives below Gilbert, told the New York Post. “In New York, you hear loud noises. I thought somebody dropped something.”“I heard a loud sound right above me,” Christopher Kelly, who lives below Gilbert, told the New York Post. “In New York, you hear loud noises. I thought somebody dropped something.”
Police were reportedly questioning Gilbert’s son, 30-year-old Thomas Gilbert Jr., though a spokesman told Bloomberg that the younger Gilbert hadn’t been charged with anything. Gilbert’s Beekman Place apartment is in an upscale neighborhood, just blocks from the United Nations headquarters.
The elder Gilbert was a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Business School, according to his biography on the Wainscott Capital Partners site. He founded Wainscott in 2011, after leaving the private equity biotech asset acquisition fund Syzygy Therapeutics. The elder Gilbert was a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Business School, according to his biography on the Wainscott Capital Partners site. He founded Wainscott in 2011, after leaving Syzygy Therapeutics, a private-equity biotech asset acquisition fund.
“He was a pillar on Wall Street — somebody everyone looked up to,” another neighbor, Hector Torres, told the New York Post. “Very nice gentleman … They seem like a normal family. Every time I saw him in the elevator, he would say, ‘Hi.’ He would ask how I was.”“He was a pillar on Wall Street — somebody everyone looked up to,” another neighbor, Hector Torres, told the New York Post. “Very nice gentleman … They seem like a normal family. Every time I saw him in the elevator, he would say, ‘Hi.’ He would ask how I was.”
[This post has been updated.]