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Rifle-Wielding Man At Wawa Captured After SWAT Standoff In Somerset County: Prosecutor Rifle-Wielding Man At Wawa Captured After SWAT Standoff In Somerset County: Prosecutor
Rifle-Wielding Man At Wawa Captured After SWAT Standoff In Somerset County: Prosecutor A 27-year-old man who police say showed an AR-15-style rifle to a Wawa employee before crashing his car and leaving magazines behind was in custody after a SWAT standoff at his house hours later, according to authorities in Somerset County. Joshua A. Kinney apparently showed the weapon to workers at the Wawa on Route 26 in Montgomery Township, just before his family called police, concerned for his well-being around 3:!5 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Two female customers told responding officers they heard gunshots as Kinney fled the parking …

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by Cecilia Levine
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SWAT STANDOFF: Somerset County Gunman Complies After Firing Shots At Visitor SWAT STANDOFF: Somerset County Gunman Complies After Firing Shots At Visitor
SWAT Standoff: Somerset County Gunman Complies After Firing Shots At Visitor A 4-hour standoff ended Tuesday morning with a Somerset County homeowner in custody after he fired shots at a visitor, authorities said. The victim was visiting the apparent gunman at his Elm Drive home in Montgomery Township around 5:30 a.m. in an attempt to collect a debt from him, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor, and Montgomery Township Captain/Director James Gill.  When the homeowner, who is known to the victim, answered the front door, he got out of the house and fired a single shot from a handgu…

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by Nicole Acosta