Peter Colletti, 71, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside his Bridgeville area home on the night of December 2, 2021. According to Delaware State Police, Colletti and his wife returned to their residence in the 100 block of Emilys Pintail Drive at about 9:30 p.m. The wife was in a first-floor bathroom when she heard footsteps upstairs and then a loud bang; she discovered her husband wounded in the family room and ran to a neighbor’s house to summon help.

Troopers arrived at about 10:45 p.m. and located Colletti deceased in the family room. Joseph Caldarera, 58, who lived on the second floor, was found in his bedroom and was pronounced dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators treated the incident as a homicide-suicide, named Caldarera as the suspect, and reported no ongoing threat to the public. Autopsies were ordered to determine the official cause and manner of death, and authorities had not released a motive.

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