Mark Bailey, NY Bus Driver, Kills Wife, Dionne and Daughters, Yonique and Yolon, in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Mark Bailey, a bus driver, shot his wife, Dionne and two daughters, in apparent murder-suicide in Springfield Gardens, Queens.

Mark Bailey, a Nassau County bus driver, shot and killed his wife, Dionne, who is an assistant principal at Philip Randolph High School, and their two daughters before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide Monday morning in Queens, NY. According to the NY Post, he left a note behind saying he was "sorry for committing the gruesome crime." The couple was reportedly experiencing marital problems, which led to Dionne Bailey moving out of the home for a few weeks before recently returning. It is being reported that she was scared of her husband of 19 years because he had a gun.

Cops reportedly discovered the four bodies at 145-20 230th Place in Springfield Gardens after he shot his family in their bedrooms. All four had gunshot wounds to the head and Bailey used a 9mm pistol to carry out his cowardly and horrific act.

His daughters, Yonique, 19, who was a student at Stony Brook University and the other, 14-year-old Yolon, a student at Cardozo High School, did not deserve the hand they were dealt. This horrific crime hits home because the family moved from Jamaica, the land of my birth, 10 years ago.

Law enforcement was called when Dionne, who was supposed to get a ride from her sister, Dorrett Combs, at about 7 a.m. never showed up and no one answered the door or telephone at the home, according to the NY Post.  Dionne's brother-in-law reportedly peeked through on open window and saw one of the dead bodies, then the cops broke down front door to gain entry into the home.

Dionne Bailey was finishing her doctoral thesis in education leadership. I hate to be callous, but it is obvious she married beneath her. No man who loved and cared deeply about his wife and children would ever commit such a heinous act.  My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the victims. Mark Bailey was a coward for taking the lives of his wife and children. This is no justification for this heinous crime.