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A Queens couple was shot execution-style in their beds early yesterday as the horrified wife screamed desperately for help on 911, police said.
A law-enforcement source described the 4 a.m. phone call from victim Rosie Jaggarnauth as “bone-chilling.”
“She was screaming, crying, hysterical,” the source said. “You can hear the gunshot on the phone call.”
Jaggarnauth and her husband, Sugrim, were both shot to death by a lone gunman who pumped bullets into their heads during a break-in at their Springfield Gardens home
The couple’s son, Shane, was also shot by the attacker.
The 23-year-old told police he was going out to walk the family’s dog, a pit bull named Princess, when he was ambushed by the gunman. He was listed in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital.
The gunman then went upstairs, where Sugrim, 64, and Rosie, 56, were in bed.
Having heard the shot fired at their son, the couple called 911. As Rosie Jaggarnauth was on the phone, the gunman blasted her husband once and her twice.
Cops said the family’s black Toyota Rav 4 was missing after the shooting. Detectives believe the shooter used it to escape.
The couple’s other son, Shawn, came home some time after the shooting to discover numerous cop cars outside of their Grayson Avenue house. He was seen weeping on the front lawn.
Neighbor Stanley Miller, 60, said he was in shock.
“It’s horrible. It’s your worst nightmare,” he said. “I would never expect that in a million years. They were good people. I can’t imagine a reason for this.”
Investigators said that both Shane and his brother were being cooperative.
Probers were reviewing a neighbor’s surveillance camera. It shows a man walking into the house around the time of the shooting and leaving about 10 minutes later, sources said.
The Jaggarnauths were described as wonderful neighbors who’d lived in the same home for about 20 years.
Sugrim worked in a print shop in Manhattan, and neighbors said they couldn’t imagine the family having any enemies.
Neighbor Richard King said Sugrim would help his elderly mother, mowing her lawn and doing other yard work.
Harrison Williams, 64, called the murders “a tragedy” and said nothing like this had ever happened on his block.
Miller said the family was tight-knit and “very friendly.”
“They’d bring food and stuff around on the holidays,” he said. If they hadn’t seen you for a while “they’d ring your bell just to say hi and make sure you’re okay.”
“They were the people you’d want as neighbors,” he said.
Police said they didn’t have any motive for the killings, and the only thing that appears to have been stolen was the car.
Additional reporting by Erin
Calabrese and Dareh Gregorian