Cecil Ramsey, Retired NYPD officer, Fires at Wife, Dady Belfort, Her Friend Edwin Chittick, in Jealous Rage before Shooting Himself on Long Island

The gun violence continues. Cecil Ramsey, a retired NYPD officer, shot and killed himself yesterday, but not before, in a fit of rage, opening fire on his wife, Dady Belfort and her friend Edwin Chittick, who thankfully survived. Ramsay, 51, reportedly confronted his wife and her friend inside their home, accusing them of being more than pals. The drama played out in the street. He pumped three shots into his wife's Mercedes after she and her friend left the home. Shortly thereafter, three construction workers said a dejected Ramsey put the gun to his head and fired.

Ramsay, who police said had a heart condition and was waiting for a transplant, died instantly. His body lay in the driveway for hours while investigators pieced together the tragedy.

"He was pushed over the edge," Ramsay's sister, Brenda, 58, said after rushing to his home. "She drove him to this." Brenda Ramsey said her brother's marriage had been on the rocks for years, and he had become convinced Belfort and Chittick were lovers.

"He would call me and say this man is right in my house," Brenda Ramsay said. After a heated fight on Valentine's Day, Ramsay moved in with his sister temporarily and left some of his things at her place, including two guns. Cecil Ramsay returned two weeks ago to reclaim his weapons, his sister said. "He said, 'This guy's a cop, and he's in my house - I need to protect myself,'" Brenda Ramsay said. Ramsay's relatives said he filed for divorce two weeks ago, citing Belfort's alleged infidelity.

Ramsay and Belfort wed more than 10 years ago, but had been sleeping in separate bedrooms for several years, his relatives said. They have a 9-year-old son. Ramsay, a former stockbroker and National Guardsman, retired from the NYPD in 2001 due to health issues, relatives said. He leaves behind seven children. Belfort has been with the NYPD since 1989. She spent 15 years in Brooklyn's 69th Precinct working in community affairs. Source: NY Daily News.

This is a shame and it is also unconscionable that this man felt he had no other way out but to kill himself. Nobody has won in this mess, with the greatest loser being the couple's nine-year old son, who will know that his father committed suicide. If this woman was cheating on her husband in plain view, then that's a real shame, considering the man had medical issues.