Captain Barkey Killer Commits Suicide

Reports are circulating that Joseph Kernizan, the man suspected to have killed Captain Barkey and his lover Tracy Bennett in a Bronx motel parking lot, has committed suicide.

According to nbc newyork.com 42-year-old Kernizan killed himself in Florida as a task force moved in to arrest him, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told NBC 4 New York.

The law enforcement source said Joseph Kernizan killed himself in Miami as police tried to get into his building to arrest him for allegedly killing 50-year-old Wayne Hamilton (Captain Barkey) and 38-year-old Bennett outside the Holiday Motel in Eastchester early Saturday.