SWAN LAKE, NY — Members of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office are receiving assistance from the New York State Police in the investigation of a murder in Swan Lake. The incident, a shooting, occurred in the late hours of October 12, on Cohen and Cohen Road. One report suggests it may have been a robbery.

A man was found dead in his bed. The sheriff’s office is not yet releasing the identity of the victim, but numerous posts on Facebook name the victim as Mike Northcote, and there have been many condolence messages to his father’s Facebook page.