{"id":966317,"date":"2026-07-29T07:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/966317\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:29:17","slug":"nyc-maniac-kegan-thomas-accused-of-killing-mom-sister-before-blowing-up-home-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/966317\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC maniac Kegan Thomas accused of killing mom, sister before blowing up home charged with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Queens maniac who allegedly gunned down his mom and sister <\/a>before blowing up their shared home over the weekend was charged Tuesday with their murder \u2013 as authorities revealed a dog and cat were killed in the fire.<\/p>\n

Kegan Thomas, 33 \u2013 who was still recovering in the hospital after being shot by responding cops \u2013 was charged with murder, attempted murder, arson, aggravated cruelty to animals and criminal possession of a weapon in the violent Saturday afternoon ordeal, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The accused killer faces the animal cruelty charge because one dog and one cat died of smoke inhalation as a result of the explosion, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kegan Thomas allegedly gunned down his mom and sister before blowing up their shared home over the weekend. Dennis A. Clark for NY Post<\/p>\n

Thomas is accused of shooting his mom, Clemer Ponce, 56, in the chest and sister, Selema Ponce, 28, in the shoulder inside their home on Ocean Crest Boulevard near Hartman Lane in Far Rockaway, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His wife called 911, reporting that Thomas \u2013 who had \u201ca history with mental illness\u201d \u2013 had killed the pair, as she warned cops \u201cto be careful because her husband has a shotgun,\u201d Assistant Chief Christopher McIntosh said at the time.<\/p>\n

Just as officers from the NYPD\u2019s Emergency Services Unit were about to force their way inside, \u201ca large fiery explosion erupted from the house,\u201d according to McIntosh.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cops were then met with the crazed bulletproof vest-wearing gunman and repeatedly ordered him to drop his weapon, the chief said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter failing to comply with repeat commands to put his hands up and still armed [with] the shotgun, officers discharged their weapons and struck the suspect,\u201d McIntosh said.<\/p>\n

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner personnel removed two bodies from inside the Queens home on July 25, 2026. Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Selema Ponce was shot in the shoulder inside the Ocean Crest Boulevard home. selena.ponce.58<\/p>\n

Clemer Ponce was shot in the chest inside the Queens home. Clemer Ponce \/ Facebook<\/p>\n

He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he remained in critical but stable condition Tuesday, police said.<\/p>\n

He has no criminal record or mental health history with the NYPD, according to McIntosh.<\/p>\n

But neighbors told The Post<\/a> on Monday that Thomas long had \u201csomething crazy about him\u201d and that \u201cevery day in that house there was a lot of domestic violence going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

The timing of his arraignment was not yet clear Tuesday evening, prosecutors said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queens maniac who allegedly gunned down his mom and sister before blowing up their shared home over…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":966318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,4219,15582,4216,5248,27813,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,4413,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-966317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-crime","tag-explosions","tag-fires","tag-metro","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117002093664363062","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}