Wife also filed police report day before retired White Plains officer Glen Hochman killed two of his daughters then himself 
 
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 Harrison police Chief Anthony Marraccini said Monday that Glen Hochman and his wife, Anamarie, had recently had "a family discussion" about separating. He would not say whether the discussion about separating was considered a motive in the killings. 
 
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 The chief also said that on the day before the killings, Anamarie DiPietro-Hochman reported to police that she and her husband had a nonviolent argument over an $80 cellphone bill. The chief said she did not want police to follow up but rather wanted to "document" the incident, which had allegedly occurred on Thursday. 
 
 "She described it as a verbal argument only," Marraccini said. "There was no representation of any violence." 
 
 "She didn't want us to pursue it, she just wanted to document it," the chief said. 
 
 Police did not file any charges. 
 
 Glen Hochman shot and killed daughters Alissa, 18, and Deanna, 13, and the family's three dogs on Saturday then killed himself, according to authorities. 
 
 
 
 Marraccini said that police found a note with Hochman's body in the garage of the family's home at 1 Adelphi Ave. and that the note "gave some indication of motive," but he would not elaborate pending a news conference set for 11 a.m. Monday. 
 
 The girls' bodies were found in the main level of the home. 
 
 Marraccini said Monday that the handgun recovered near Hochman's body, believed to be the weapon in the killings, belonged to Hochman. 
 
 An autopsy by the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office was scheduled to determine the circumstances of the killings. 
 
 On Sunday, investigators, family and friends were at a loss to comprehend how the friendly family man and dedicated public servant who worked 22 years for the White Plains police department could be capable of such horrific violence. 
 
 "At this point, we're trying to evaluate everything," Harrison Police Chief Anthony Marraccini said Sunday. "As of now, it would appear that both victims were shot, as was their father." 
 
 Buy Photo A New Rochelle humane society arrives 1 Adelphi Ave. in Harrison, photographed Feb. 22, 2015, a day after Glen Hochman, a retired White Plains police officer, killed two of his daughters before taking his own life. Hochman reportedly also killed the family's dogs. (Photo: Seth Harrison/The Journal News) 
 
 Harrison police were dispatched to the snow-blanketed scene after a neighbor called 911 around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. 
 
 "I heard someone screaming and crying loudly," said Dante Garritano, 53, who lives three doors down from the Hochman family. "I thought in all the snow someone had an accident. The last thing I expected to hear was that he killed himself and his two kids. 
 
 Efforts to reach DiPietro-Hochman's family on Sunday were unsuccessful. 
 
 A Harrison police patrol car remained parked in front of the house on Adelphi Avenue on Sunday. A police vehicle was also stationed outside the New Haven Street home of DiPietro-Hochman's mother, Barbara, where several people could be seen hugging and weeping. 
 
 Authorities have described Hochman as a decorated officer who was commended for saving a man's life only months before he retired from the force in January. 
 
 Hochman suffered an ankle injury in early May when he fell while helping a disabled motorist. He missed four months of work after having surgery on the ankle. He had passed 20 years on the job, so he was planning for retirement, said his union lawyer, Warren Roth. Hochman sought a disability retirement because of the injury but had not been depressed over it, Roth said. 
 
 Roth had known Hochman for more than 25 years, even before he became a cop, since both worked as EMTs with the Harrison ambulance corps. Roth got a call to go over to the Hochman residence Saturday once the union was contacted. 
 
 CLOSE Neighbors of the Hochman family share their reactions and recollections a day after Glen Hochman, a retired White Plains police officer, killed two of his daughters before taking his own life. (Video by Seth Harrison/The Journal News) 
 
 "It's just devastating to a lot of people," Roth said. "He was always a quiet, reserved guy, nothing ever seemed to unsettle him. ... And he was wonderful with his daughters, a devoted father. That's the scary part. There was absolutely no seeing this coming." 
 
 A holiday photo on Facebook shows Hochman, dressed in a red Polo pullover and jeans, sitting on couch next to the two teens and cradling one of the family's dogs under his left arm. 
 
 In another photo, he shakes the paw of the family's German shepherd, which he allegedly killed on Saturday. 
 
 The question throughout this neighborhood of almost universally well-kept houses remains: Why? 
 
 Indeed, to those who knew Hochman, by all accounts a helpful and friendly man, the mystery only deepened on reflection. 
 
 Buy Photo 1 Adelphi Ave. in Harrison,where are retired White Plains police officer killed his two daughters before killing himself on Saturday. (Photo: Seth Harrison/The Journal News) 
 
 "I can't understand, no matter what problems that you have you take out on your children," said Garritano. "I have two children, I'd step in front of a train for them." 
 
 Among those who knew the family, there were recollections of neighborly generosity, high school ties and dogs walked around the block. In short, life at the expansive, two-story house with a gently sloping roof seemed typical of any home on the quiet and affluent suburban street. 
 
 Robbie Carducci, 23, also of Bellain Avenue, attended high school with the Hochmans' oldest daughter and said he used to deliver pizzas to their home. 
 
 "You would never expect something like that from them," he said. 
 
 Alissa was a senior at Harrison High School and Deanna attended the Windward School in White Plains. Friends of the Hochman girls took to Twitter on Sunday to express their grief. 
 
 "It shouldn't have happened," wrote Jessica Prado in a tweet, using the hashtags #staystrongharrison and #staystronghuskies. "Our community has lost yet two more beautiful souls. RIP Alissa & Deanna." 
 
 The high school opened on Sunday for grief counseling, which continues Monday. 
 
 Staff writer Jonathan Bandler and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 
 
 Read or Share this story: http://lohud.us/1Al87dA ||||| facebook Glen and Anamarie Hochman (back row) with daughters Alissa, Deanna and Samantha. Annamaria and Samantha were not home when Glen, a retired White Plains cop, killed Alissa, Deanna and family pets before committing suicide. 
 
 A quiet town in Westchester County was trying to figure out how a man who retired last month as a decorated police officer turned into a monster capable of killing his two teenage daughters before taking his own life. 
 
 Glen Hochman, 52, a 22-year veteran of the White Plains police force, killed daughters Alissa, 17, and Deanna, 13, and three of the family’s dogs in their Harrison home Saturday. 
 
 Hochman left a note before committing the heinous act, a source told the Daily News. 
 
 Police Chief Anthony Marraccini told the Journal News that both girls had been shot, adding that a weapon had been recovered from the house on Adelphi Ave. 
 
 Those who say they knew Hochman, 52, described him as a nice and soft-spoken member of Harrison, population 27,400. 
 
 “He was a normal, quiet guy who always had a pleasant comment,” said Warren Roth, a Harrison resident and the lawyer for the White Plains Police Department’s union, who said he had known Hochman for 25 years. 
 
 “He wasn’t the guy in the room telling jokes getting loud. Just one of the most dependable people you’d ever meet,” he said. 
 
 Richard Harbus/for New York Daily News Glen Hochman killed his daughters and then took his life at this home in Harrison, a town in Westchester County. Richard Harbus/for New York Daily News Police tape blocks an entrance to the family's property in Harrison, N.Y. Andrew Savulich/New York Daily News Alyssa and Deanna Hochman attended Harrison High School. The school opened Sunday to provide support to grief-stricken students. Previous Next 
 
 
 
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 Hochman was a reliable and respected veteran as an officer in the traffic department of the Westchester County force as well, Roth said. 
 
 “I know everybody’s file, and he really is the last guy you’d expect to have an issue,” Roth said. “He was a role model.” 
 
 Hochman had also been given an award from the town in May for keeping an unresponsive man alive until paramedics arrived. 
 
 “Officer Hochman served this department and the city of White Plains with honor and integrity for over 22 years,” Public Safety Commissioner David Chong said. “The department is shocked and horrified by the news of this unfathomable tragedy.” 
 
 Police said a neighbor called them to the house on a 3:30 p.m. 911 call. 
 
 Neighbors and friends of the family said they were still in shock as investigators worked to determine what exactly had pushed Hochman over the edge. 
 
 facebook Glen Hochman, seen with his wife Anamarie, was a police officer for 22 years. He was considered a normal guy, soft-spoken and dependable. Police are trying to find out why he snapped. 
 
 “It’s just a shame,” said neighbor Dante Garritano, 53. 
 
 “It is hard to believe that such a tragedy could happen to the best of people,” one of Alissa’s friends, Deanna Jane Knapp, wrote on Facebook. “Her smile could brighten anyone’s day.” 
 
 On Sunday, Harrison High School opened at noon to lend support to grief-stricken students. 
 
 “No words to describe it,” said Chris Garritano, 17, one of Alissa’s classmates. “We always hung out. It’s just unreal to see her gone . . . She always seemed happy.” 
 
 Schools Superintendent Louis Wool called the killings an “incomprehensible tragedy.” 
 
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 erosenberg@nydailynews.com ||||| Sources say former White Plains Police Officer Glen Hochman killed two of his daughters Saturday before killing himself. 
 
 Buy Photo People console each other outside of the home belonging to Barbara DiPietro, on New Haven St. in Harrison. Barbara DiPietro is the mother of Anamarie Hochman, whose husband killed two of their daughters before killing himself yesterday. (Photo: , Seth Harrison/The Journal News)Buy Photo 
 
 Investigators continued talking with neighbors and gathering evidence Sunday, one day after a retired White Plains police officer was believed to have killed his two daughters before killing himself. 
 
 "At this point, we're trying to evaluate everything," Harrison Police Chief Anthony Marraccini said Sunday. The former officer, Glen Hochman, 52, was found dead Saturday along with daughters Alissa Hochman, 17, and Deanna Hochman, 13, at the family home at 1 Adelphi Ave. 
 
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 Marraccini said three dogs also were found dead. 
 
 Police tape surrounded the home, where sources say Hochman killed the girls, his two youngest daughters, on Sunday. A Harrison police car was parked in front, and the New Rochelle Humane Society was on the scene. 
 
 Marraccini said a weapon, believed to be used in the killings, was recovered. "As of now, it would appear that both victims were shot, as was their father," he said. Investigators are awaiting word from the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office on the exact cause of death, Marraccini said. 
 
 Neighbors of the Hochman family share their reactions and recollections a day after Glen Hochman, a retired White Plains police officer, killed two of his daughters before taking his own life. (Video by Seth Harrison/The Journal News) 
 
 Marraccini said Anamarie Hochman, Glen Hochman's wife, and Samantha Hochman, the couple's oldest daughter, were not home when the deaths occurred. He said someone else reported the incident, and it was his understanding that police found the victims. 
 
 Marraccini said he would speak with Anamarie and Samantha Hochman on Sunday, but he would not divulge where they are. 
 
 Officers first responded to the home about 3:50 p.m. Saturday. A heavy police presence remained into the night. About 9:30 p.m., the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office arrived. Less than two hours later, three bodies were removed from the home. 
 
 Glen Hochman was a decorated officer when he retired from the White Plains Police Department in January. He was one of several officers to be presented in May with his department's Lifesaving Award. 
 
 Buy Photo The Hochman family home at 1 Adelphia Ave., in Harrison. (Photo: Seth Harrison/The Journal News) 
 
 David Chong, White Plains public safety commissioner, said Hochman proudly served the city for more than 20 years. 
 
 "The department is shocked and horrified by the news of this unfathomable tragedy," Chong said in a statement. "We can only pray for the family. Officer Hochman served this department and the city of White Plains with honor and integrity for over 22 years." 
 
 Hochman suffered an ankle injury in early May when he fell while helping a disabled motorist. He missed four months of work after having surgery on the ankle. He had passed 20 years on the job, so he was planning for retirement, said his union lawyer, Warren Roth. Hochman sought a disability retirement because of the injury but had not been depressed over it, Roth said. 
 
 Roth had known Hochman for more than 25 years, even before he became a cop, since both worked as EMTs with the Harrison ambulance corps. Roth got a call to go over to the Hochman residence Saturday once the union was contacted. 
 
 "It's just devastating to a lot of people," Roth said. "He was always a quiet, reserved guy, nothing ever seemed to unsettle him. ... And he was wonderful with his daughters, a devoted father. That's the scary part. There was absolutely no seeing this coming." 
 
 Deanna Hochman (Photo: Facebook) 
 
 Alissa Hochman (Photo: Facebook) 
 
 In a statement on the Harrison school district's website, Superintendent of Schools Louis N. Wool said Alissa, a high school senior, and Deanna were "both lost to incomprehensible tragedy." 
 
 He said the response of the district community to past tragedies has been inspiring and that he expects the students and staff will be no less resilient this time. 
 
 "In this awful moment, let us remember how proud we are of (the high school community), how much they have helped others and how much they will help others again," Wool said. 
 
 The high school was to open at noon Sunday. Support staff, faculty and administration will be available to assist students and families. 
 
 Deanna Hochman attended the Windward School in White Plains. John Russell, the head of the school, said their community was devastated by the loss. 
 
 "We mourn their passing and offer our heartfelt condolences to their family," he said. 
 
 Russell said Windward faculty and staff will meet Sunday to finalize plans to care for their students. 
 
 Families and friends turned to social media to express their grief and anger over the shooting. 
 
 "I have known the Hochman family since I was little and I just can't even believe that this happened," wrote Julia Martinez on Twitter. 
 
 "Whats going on in this world," Tweeted Alejandra Diaz. "I dont understand[.]" 
 
 Hashtags popped up on Twitter with the names of the two sisters, virtual look-alikes despite their difference in age, including #RIP to Alyssa and Deanna. 
 
 On her Facebook page, Alissa said she enjoyed volunteering and Rangers hockey, and posted pictures of her adventures, often with her boyfriend. 
 
 Deanna, four years younger, posted photos of herself laughing with friends, frequently flashing a smile that showed off her braces. 
 
 From all appearances online, the Hochman family was outwardly happy and healthy. 
 
 Several neighbors on Adelphi Avenue described the Hochman family as kind and helpful. 
 
 Dante Garritano, who lives three houses down from the Hochman residence, saw the flashing lights of police and emergency services when he came outside in the snow Saturday evening. 
 
 Buy Photo A New Rochelle humane society arrives 1 Adelphi Ave. in Harrison, photographed Feb. 22, 2015, a day after Glen Hochman, a retired White Plains police officer, killed two of his daughters before taking his own life. Hochman reportedly also killed the family's dogs. (Photo: , Seth Harrison/The Journal News) 
 
 "I heard someone screaming and crying loudly," Garritano said Sunday. "I thought in all the snow someone had an accident. The last thing I expected to hear was that he killed himself and his two kids. 
 
 "I can't understand, no matter what problems that you have you take out (on) your children. I have two children, I'd step in front of a train for them." 
 
 Howard Hollander of Aldelphi Avenue said Alissa worked for a time at Powell Catering in Harrison. He recalled how she learned to drive on the neighborhood streets. 
 
 "She was an absolutely adorable, sweet girl," he said. "They were both sweet girls." 
 
 Hollander said Glen Hochman was, "always friendly." 
 
 "I'm not a psychiatrist. I don't know what makes people snap, but he's a very nice guy," Hollander said. "The wife was a sweetheart, she was always friendly." 
 
 Robbie Carducci, 23, also of Bellain Avenue, attended school with the Hochmans' oldest daughter and said he used to deliver pizzas to their home. 
 
 "You would never expect something like that from them," he said.Friends of the Hochman girls took to Twitter on Saturday night to express their grief. 
 
 Harrison Police Chief Anthony Marraccini talks about the murder/suicide at 1 Adelphi Ave. Saturday. Retired White Plains police officer Glen Hochman apparently killed himself and two of his daughters. (Video by Seth Harrison/The Journal News) 
 
 "What's going on in this world, I don't understand, RIP Alissa, prayers to the Hochman Family," tweeted Alejandra Diaz. 
 
 Tammy Garayo tweeted: "rest in peace to the beautiful alissa hochman. never will forget our times together in my backyard. You're a beautiful soul & will be missed." 
 
 Ron Belmont, Harrison's supervisor/mayor, could not be reached for comment, but Councilwoman Marlane Amelio said government officials had been made aware of the tragedy. 
 
 "I'm certain that we have no comment at this time as it's an ongoing investigation, and a tragic one," she said. 
 
 Staff writers Jonathan Bandler and James O'Rourke contributed to this report. 
 
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 HARRISON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Police on Sunday were investigating the deaths of a retired White Plains police officer and his two teenage daughters in an apparent murder-suicide. 
 
 Police arrived at the home on Adelphi Avenue around 3:50 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call about something suspicious and found the three bodies inside, CBS2’s Ilana Gold reported. 
 
 They have been identified as Glen Hochman, 52, Alissa Hochman, 17, and Deanna Hochman, 13. 
 
 Harrison Police Investigate Apparent Murder-Suicide Involving Retired Cop, Teenage Daughters 
 
 Hochman allegedly killed the teens before taking his own life, authorities said. Family pets were also killed, police said. 
 
 Hochman, 52, had a wife and another daughter, who were not at the house at the time of the killings, Gold reported. 
 
 “This is certainly not the police officer that I know,” White Plains Public Safety Commissioner David Chong said. 
 
 Hochman served in the White Plains Police Department for 22 years. 
 
 Chong said Hochman was a quiet, dedicated officer assigned to the traffic division who retired less than a month ago in January, CBS2’s Matt Kozar reported. 
 
 Asked if Hochman ever showed signs of mental illness or anger, Chong was succinct. 
 
 “Never,” Chong said. 
 
 Chong said Hochman was injured on the job last year while helping a woman whose car got stuck in a ditch, Kozar reported. 
 
 Hochman was able to return to work after the injury. 
 
 Police in Harrison are not ruling out reports of recent marital problems, CBS2’s Steve Langford reported. 
 
 “We haven’t confirmed that as of yet but it’s still under investigation,” said Chief Anthony Marraccini, of the Harrison Police Department. 
 
 Police said Sunday they are awaiting information from the investigation and the medical examiner’s office before they release details about the killings. 
 
 Neighbor Dante Garritano said Sunday that he saw ambulances and heard a woman screaming into her phone “My God, they’re dead! He killed himself!” 
 
 Last year, he won his department’s life-saving award for keeping an unresponsive man alive until paramedics arrived. 
 
 “The White Plains Police Department is shocked and horrified by the news of this unfathomable tragedy,” David Chong, White Plains public safety commissioner, said in a statement. “We can only pray for the entire Hochman family.” 
 
 Neighbors were also devastated. 
 
 “I think it’s a very terrible tragedy, and they’re a very nice family and my heart goes out to them,” one man told CBS2. “I didn’t know them personally, but my wife and kids did and it’s just a terrible, terrible situation.” 
 
 “Horrible,” another neighbor, George, told 1010 WINS’ Derricke Dennis. “I have three kids of my own. They went to Harrison High School. It’s horrible, horrible news.” 
 
 Harrison Police Investigate Apparent Murder-Suicide Involving Retired Cop, Teenage Daughters On the Harrison Central School District website, Superintendent Louis N. Wool said the district mourns the deaths of Alissa and Deanna Hochman “both lost to incomprehensible tragedy.” Harrison High School, where Alissa was a senior, opened Sunday at noon to provide support to students and families. Car after car of grieving students and shocked parents were seen arriving at the school for grief counseling, Dennis reported. Harrison Mayor Ron Belmont, who attended the school sessions, was visibly shaken. “Our hearts and thoughts and prayers go out to the family and we are all going to grieve together,” said Mayor Belmont. (TM and © Copyright 2015 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2015 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
– In what officials in Westchester County, NY, are calling an "unfathomable tragedy," a respected police officer appears to have completely snapped, killing two of his daughters and himself just a month after he retired. Police say Glen Hochman, 52, shot his daughters Alissa, 17, and Deanna, 13, to death in their home, along with the family's three pet dogs on Saturday before shooting himself, reports the New York Daily News. His wife, Anamarie DiPietro-Hochman, and his eldest daughter, 22-year-old Samantha, were out of town for the day, and police tell the Journal News that the wife made a domestic incident report the day before the killings about what she said was a "verbal argument only." Friends, neighbors, and colleagues describe Hochman, who served on the White Plains force for 22 years, as a normal, friendly, dependable man who never showed any sign of being troubled. Last year he received an award for saving a man's life, CBS 2 reports. "It's just devastating to a lot of people," a union lawyer who knew the officer for 25 years tells the Journal News. "He was always a quiet, reserved guy, nothing ever seemed to unsettle him. And he was wonderful with his daughters, a devoted father. That's the scary part. There was absolutely no seeing this coming." Sources tell the Daily News that Hochman left a note.