A New York native fatally shot his two brothers at an upstate hunting cabin on Sunday night, state police said Monday.

Scot Thompson , 65, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the killings of Mark Thompson, 70, and David Thompson, 69, around 10 p.m. Sunday in Allen, authorities said.

The three brothers, originally from Dansville, N.Y., were previously estranged but got together for the weekend trip to Allen, state troopers told the Albany Times-Union. Scot and David lived in Florida, while Mark was a resident of Canterbury, Conn.

The group had been at the cabin for a couple days when a physical altercation erupted Sunday night, and one of the brothers called 911, police said. By the time officers arrived at the isolated cabin, Mark and David Thompson were dead

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