Complex sentence: After a "New York Times" reporter named McCandlish Phillips revealed that Dan Burros was, in fact, Jewish, a despondent Burros committed suicide, first by shooting himself in the chest and then in the head.
Split into simpler sentences: After a "New York Times" reporter named McCandlish Phillips revealed that Dan Burros was, in fact, Jewish. A despondent Burros committed suicide, first by shooting himself in the chest and then in the head.