N.J. Man Allegedly Shot Neighbors in Tried Double Homicide

A person allegedly shot at his next-door neighbors after which fatally shot himself on Monday, March 10, in Berkeley Township, N.J., the Berkeley Township Police Division (BTPD) stated in a Tuesday, March 11 information launch. 

John Adamo, 54, allegedly shot Tom Kwatkoski outdoors of his residence. Adamo then allegedly turned his gun on Tom’s spouse Jill whereas she was inside. The BTPD responded to a name round 4:45 p.m. that there have been two gunshot victims on the residence. Upon arrival, they discovered the married couple each affected by gunshot wounds. They had been airlifted to Jersey Shore College Medical Heart in Neptune, N.J., the place they’re in vital however steady situation.

Earlier than Adamo was discovered useless inside his own residence, the native SWAT groups surrounded the constructing “in an try and have him give up.” After two and a half hours, the SWAT group pressured entry inside, the place they discovered him deceased from an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

The SWAT group additionally found a stress cooker inside the house, after which neighbors evacuated for security issues that it was an explosive. The New Jersey State Police Bomb Squad confirmed it was not. 

A neighbor informed The New York Submit that the Kwatkoski’s positioned cameras that had been dealing with Adamo’s home, in addition to a “No Trespassing” signal.

“I don’t know what was occurring with them, nevertheless it was forwards and backwards and occurring for years,” the neighbor added.

“I can not perceive the way it may have presumably gotten to this, so it is unhappy, very unhappy,” neighbor Deborah Nowakoski informed CBS New York.

“They have been in a longtime dispute. I do not know what introduced it to that time. They’ve the cameras geared toward one another’s homes, however in my e-book they had been all good,” neighbor Joe Spicciatie stated, per CBS New York.

“We’re all associates within the neighborhood and, you already know, we’ve got events collectively,” Louie Pascalli informed the outlet. “[There was] at all times friction, however by no means something critical like this.”

A consultant for the Berkeley Township Police Division didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for extra info on Tuesday.

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