Suspect in Westbrook Shooting Kills Himself in Essex

ESSEX– The suspect in a Saturday night shooting in Westbrook shot himself to death Sunday morning as a state trooper approached his parked vehicle on Main Street in the Ivoryton section.

State police report Robert Finkeldey, 24, of 5 Custom Drive, Old Saybrook, shot himself in the head as a trooper approached his vehicle around 9 a.m. Sunday. An autopsy conducted by the office of the Chief State Medical Examiner determined Finkeldey died from a single gunshot wound to the head.

Police were looking for Finkeldey, a member of the family that owns the Finkeldey Inc. solid waste disposal company, as the suspect in a shooting that had occurred Saturday evening in Westbrook. Police report a man entered the Subway restaurant on Boston Post Road around 6:45 p.m. suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The man, who was not identified by police, was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he remains in stable condition.

Soon after the initial report of a shooting, troopers received a 911 call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had shot her current boyfriend while sitting in a car in Westbrook. The woman said the ex-boyfriend, who police believe to be Finkeldey, then took her in another vehicle to Essex, where she was able to escape from the vehicle. The information from the woman, who was not injured and not identified by police, led police to begin an overnight search for Finkeldey that ended in the Ivoryton section Sunday morning. Police said no additional arrests are expected in the case.