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Shotgun-Wielding PA Man Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities Shotgun-Wielding PA Man Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities
Shotgun-Wielding PA Man Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Pennsylvania man shot and killed the wife of a friend who took him into their northwest New Jersey home, then died of a medical emergency moments after fleeing, authorities said. Cheryl Schilling and her husband, Kevin, ran to an upstairs bedroom and closed the door after Armond Anthony Avitable grabbed a pump-action shotgun during an argument at their home in the Knowlton Township community of Columbia shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, they said. Avitable then kicked open the door and fired two shotgun blasts, both of which wounded the 58-year-old woman, Warren County P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man In Critical Condition, 3 Philadelphia Police Officers Shot (UPDATE) Man In Critical Condition, 3 Philadelphia Police Officers Shot (UPDATE)
Man In Critical Condition, 3 Philadelphia Police Officers Shot (Update) Following a domestic incident, a man was waiting for officers to arrive so he could open fire, Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said in a press conference late on Wednesday night.  Standford explained that the domestic situation began when a dad became agitated over his 12-year-old son playing a video game on Oct. 4.  The boy and his uncle turned off the game and went to the second floor of their home in the 7500 block of Whitaker Avenue. But the dad followed his son and shot the uncle.  That's when the boy called 911 — while his dad, with a gun still in his hand, went to the fro…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Boy Critical After Being Stabbed Repeatedly In Jersey City: Police Boy Critical After Being Stabbed Repeatedly In Jersey City: Police
Boy Critical After Being Stabbed Repeatedly In Jersey City: Police A 32-year-old man was in custody for stabbing an 11-year-old boy repeatedly, along with a 27-year-old woman, in what police say was a domestic incident in Jersey City over the weekend. The boy was hospitalized in critical condition in the 9:40 p.m. incident on Sunday, Jan. 15, a city spokesperson said. The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. The suspect was slapped with weapons and assault charges.  " As is standard policy with any potential domestic incident, no further information will be made public at this time," police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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West Orange Man Surrenders In Morris County Shooting West Orange Man Surrenders In Morris County Shooting
West Orange Man Surrenders In Morris County Shooting A West Orange man who shot a victim in the leg during a Morris County domestic incident surrendered to law enforcement, authorities announced Tuesday. Michael Mecca, 39, was in an argument with the victim in Roxbury the night of May 31 when he left and returned with a .40 caliber Highpoint handgun, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Mecca pulled the firearm from his waistband and fired at the victim, who suffered more than one gunshot wound to the leg, Carroll said alongside Chief of Detectives Chris Kimker, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon and Roxbury Polic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Killed In Secaucus Shootout Identified, Charged In 2015 Bias Crime Man Killed In Secaucus Shootout Identified, Charged In 2015 Bias Crime
Man Killed In Secaucus Shootout Identified, Charged In 2015 Bias Crime The man who was killed Sunday night in an exchange of gunfire with police is a 68-year-old former resident of Secaucus, the state Attorney General said.  According to a preliminary account, police were called to Sea Isle Key, a street in Harmon Cove, a Secaucus residential development, around 5:41 p.m. Police were responding to a 911 call reporting a domestic incident, the Attorney General's office said. There had also been reports of shots fired.  When officers arrived at the home, Anthony Rosso, 68, was outside and armed with a handgun, authorities said. Rosso had previously liv…

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by Paul Milo
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UPDATE: One Dead In Secaucus Police-Involved Shooting UPDATE: One Dead In Secaucus Police-Involved Shooting
Update: One Dead In Secaucus Police-Involved Shooting Police from Secaucus and other agencies responded to a Secaucus residential development Sunday night for what one official said was a domestic incident.  A person identified only as a male civilian was shot and killed during the incident, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in a statement late Sunday. Grewal's office described the incident as an officer-involved shooting, but did not say which law enforcement agency's officer or officers were involved.  Several Secaucus police as well as Jersey City police responded to the 300 block of Sea Isle Key in Harmon Cove around 6 p.m. The Hudson C…

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by Paul Milo