Apr 28, 2021

Update as of 6:05 p.m.: Police have apprehended Barry Stewart, from West Carthage, in connection to a shooting that left two people dead earlier today.

According to the Watertown Daily Times, Stewart was found in Franklin County this evening and suffered a gunshot wound. It's not clear if that wound was self-inflicted.

Watertown Mayor Jeff Smith issued statements online during the manhunt and after Stewart was apprehended. "This is an unspeakable, senseless tragedy, where two innocent people were gunned down in a vicious act of violence," Smith wrote on Facebook.

"My heart breaks for the victims, their families and our entire community who I know share in my disbelief that this could happen here in Watertown."

Original report: Police are searching for a West Carthage man in connection to a deadly shooting in Watertown earlier today.

State Troopers say Barry K. Stewart, 55,  is a suspect in the shooting that left two people dead at the Bridgeview Real Estate office in Watertown.

According to police, Stewart is a real estate agent who works at Bridgeview. It's unclear who the two people are that were shot and killed.

According to the Watertown Daily Times, the shooting was reported over the police scanner around 2 p.m. on Wednesday and by 2:30 p.m. law enforcement was searching for Stewart.

Police say Stewart left the scene in his gray, Ford F-150 pickup truck, with a NY license plate number HUS5491. Law enforcement says it's searching a 70-mile radius in the area. Channel 7 News reported that agents were seen outside Stewart's home on Wednesday.

According to Stewart's profile on Realtor.com, Stewart was retired from the US Army, previously serving at Fort Riley in Kansas. Stewart wrote in his profile he has been living in the Watertown and Fort Drum area for about 14 years.

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What a turd. Retired officer starts shooting because he got fired from a real estate job?

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Updated information today indicates he actually left back in March and started a new real estate company.  Also reported that a third person was in the building during the shooting but was not harmed.  News also made sure to say that Watertown PD declined to comment on whether or not either victim was armed, but did say all shots came from Stewarts gun.  Possible CCW situation there?  The news and PD has also not said a word about Stewarts wife, I had just assumed he had popped her as well before he went to the Bridgeview building but not sure now.

Edit:  News