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| Son of slain Manhattan hedge fund founder charged with murder | Son of slain Manhattan hedge fund founder charged with murder |
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| 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. | 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’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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said at a press conference Monday that the younger Gilbert asked his mother to leave the apartment so he could talk with his father, Reuters reported. | |
| Boyce said the two men argued about money before the son allegedly shot his father in the head, the AP reported. | |
| When the elder Gilbert’s wife returned, she discovered her husband had been shot and that a gun was laying on his chest and covered by his hand, Boyce said. “The gun laying where it was, it didn’t seem it was a self-inflicted wound,” Boyce said, who also described the apartment as a “staged crime scene,” Reuters reported. | |
| Gilbert’s wife had been gone for 15 minutes to get food, according to police, Bloomberg reported. Boyce said the woman “had a bad feeling” when she left the apartment, ABC News reported. | |
| The Wall Street Journal reported that the victim’s wife called emergency responders after finding the body. | |
| “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.” |
| Gilbert lived on Beekman Place, in an upscale neighborhood just blocks from the United Nations headquarters. | |
| Police went to young Gilbert’s home Sunday night and questioned him Monday. Police said they found ammunition in the younger Gilbert’s home that matched the handgun at the crime scene, Reuters reported. | |
| He is in police custody and awaiting arraignment, numerous outlets reported. | |
| 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. | 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.] | [This post has been updated.] |