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Eder Gelin was intoxicated when he became angry and held woman at gunpoint for nearly an hour at a hotel room in Franklin Township in August 2022, in front of her two children, then shot her three times, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather said.
The woman was ultimately able to escape with gunshot wounds to her foot and hip, as he chased her from a room at the hotel, authorities said.
Gelin was also convicted of multiple weapons offenses and multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child. He will be sentenced in March, authorities said.
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