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Suspended NJ Jail Officer Indicted In Shooting That Killed Medical Worker, Wounded Patient
A suspended New Jersey corrections officer who opened fire in a doctor's office when he couldn't book an appointment has been indicted for murder, authorities said.
Bruce Gomola Jr., 52, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina.
Gomola, from Burlington Township, worked at Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly at the time of last summer's fatal shooting at a medical office, Coffina said.
He has been suspended without pay and is being held in a detention facility in northern New Jersey, Coffin…
Man Shoots Victim At Close Range Then GF In Bucks Incident, Report Says
A man was charged in a double shooting Tuesday morning in Bucks County.
Giovanni Diaz, 25, of Bristol, was arraigned before on-call District Judge Maggie Snow on one count of attempted homicide, three counts of aggravated assault and one count of weapon possession, LevittownNow reports.
The 3:15 a.m. incident occurred outside of the Solid Rock Youth Center in Morrisville, where Diaz shot a man in the head at close range and then accidentally shot his girlfriend, the outlet reports.
Diaz took his girlfriend to the hospital, where he was arrested, and the man who was shot in the head survive…
Assault Rifle, High Capacity Magazine Seized From PA, DE Men In NJ Road Rage Incident
Police found a 30-round high capacity magazine in the car carrying men from Pennsylvania and Delaware, who were accused of flashing an assault rifle at another driver in New Jersey over the weekend, authorities said.
Branchburg police stopped vehicle carrying the three men on Route 202 near Milltown Road around 4 p.m., after someone called police reporting that a man brandished a weapon while heading northbound in Readington, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said.
Robert Figueroa, 19 of Whitehall, Pennsylvania; Axel Rafael Colon Merly, 18 of Allentown, Pennsylvania; and …
