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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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Jersey Shore Victim Died Weeks After Shooting: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Victim Died Weeks After Shooting: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Victim Died Weeks After Shooting: Prosecutor A Monmouth County man has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting an acquaintance last month, authorities said. David A. Bulk, 71, of Millstone Township, is charged with murder and a weapons offense in connection with the death of 49-year-old Gerard Carpinello of Portland, Pennsylvania. Shortly after 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 10, members of the New Jersey State Police responded to a report of a shooting at a private residence on Woodville Road in Millstone.  Troopers found Carpinello at the scene, having sustained multiple gunshot injuries. ;He w…

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by Jon Craig
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Multiple Firearms Found In Home Of PA Man Who Threatened To Kill NJ Coworkers Multiple Firearms Found In Home Of PA Man Who Threatened To Kill NJ Coworkers
Multiple Firearms Found In Home Of PA Man Who Threatened To Kill NJ Coworkers A 60-year-old man who threatened to shoot and kill his eight coworkers in New Jersey because he didn't like the music they were playing had several firearms at his Pennsylvania home, authorities said Monday. Two .22 caliber rifles, a .22 caliber revolver and a .38 caliber handgun were found during a search of Cosimino Bisanti Jr.’s home last Friday, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release. Bisanti, of Portland, PA, was accused last Wednesday of alarming his coworkers in Franklin Township by reading them a note he had written in the form of a newspaper article about fata…

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by Valerie Musson