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Wake services held today for Eastchester teacher and husband killed in murder-suicide

Wake services were held for Arlene and Sean O’Neil on Tuesday.

The couple died last week in their Chittenden Avenue home in what police are calling a murder-suicide. Investigators say 54-year-old Sean O’Neil shot his wife multiple times and then killed himself. The couple’s three sons were home during the early morning shooting but were not injured.

Arlene O’Neil was a 5th grade teacher at Anne Hutchinson Elementary School in Eastchester, Sean O’Neil was a retired NYPD officer. Wake services and funeral services will be held at the same location and at the same times for the couple.

Yonkers police issued an advisory saying that as people pay their respects, traffic congestion is expected on the northbound service road of Central Park Avenue, between Tuckahoe Road and Plymouth Avenue, between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. limited parking in the area.

Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at the Church of the Annunciation. St. Eleanoras Lane, between Scarsdale Road and Westchester Avenue, will be closed to traffic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parking will be limited near the church. Yonkers police said officers would be on scene to assist with traffic issues.