The death of a 44-year-old New Windsor man is currently being investigated by the New York State Police Department, in conjunction with the Cornwall-on-Hudson Police Department.
Shortly before midnight on Aug. 24, local police responded to a 911 call at 19 Church St. for an unresponsive male.
Bryant J. Furchak was found, beside his 2008 gray Nissan Xterra, dead from a single gunshot wound. The weapon recovered at the scene is believed to have belonged to Furchak.
The State Police Department is asking anyone with information pertaining to the movements of Furchak in the hours prior to his death, or anyone who was in the vicinity of Church Street and Hudson Street on Sunday night between the hours of 11 p.m. and midnight, to call the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Montgomery at 845-457-1389. All calls will remain confidential.
Police say there is no indication of a broader danger to the Cornwall community at this time.
