one dead in fire in chestnuthill township

Two were treated and released from a local hospital, the Record reported Tuesday. Three people, including the shooter, were injured in the melee. Two people died at the scene, and a third died after being flown to a hospital. He then went back out to his vehicle in the parking lot, retrieved a handgun and went back into the building, firing more shots, police said. and continued as he walked into and through it. Investigators said Newell, wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt and sporting stringy hair and a long gray beard, fired as he approached the municipal building around 7:30 p.m. Watch Video: Three shot dead at Pennsylvania township meetingĪt Tuesday's arraignment, a judge asked Newell if he owned any real estate and he responded: 'They stole it from me. The Pocono Record said Township Manager Dave Albright choked back tears Tuesday as he described Supervisor Fleetwood as a man who would 'give you the shirt off his back. The dead were identified as Chestnuthill Township Supervisor David Fleetwood and residents Gerard Kozic, 53, and James LaGuardia, 64, both of Saylorsburg. State police said as many as 18 people were attending the Ross Township meeting at the time. Police told reporters that he was not wearing body armor and said that he did not expect to survive the shooting, the Pocono Record reported.

44 Magnum handgun that he used in a second barrage. Police said at a Tuesday news conference that Newell first fired off 23 rounds from a Ruger Mini-15 rifle then went back to his rented Chevy Impala and retrieved a. Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen said Newell was about to shoot six more people when two people wrestled him to the ground during the meeting Monday evening in Saylorsburg, in far eastern Pennsylvania.

Rockne Newell was charged with three counts of homicide and two counts of attempted homicide.

gunman tried firing more shotsĪ 59-year-old man who has been feuding with local officials for 18 years over his junkyard property was arraigned on homicide charges Tuesday for allegedly opening fire at a township meeting in far eastern Pennsylvania and killing three people.

One dead in fire in chestnuthill township