Feb. 4, 2021 1:08 pm
This is the worst thing I’ve seen in a long time. It is the brutal murder of two neighbors in Pennsylvania after they got into an argument over snow removal. The man who shot them killed himself when police arrived.
Prosecutors said a man in Pennsylvania shot and killed a couple in a murder-suicide over a snow removal dispute on Monday, the same day a major winter storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow in parts of the Northeast.
Jeffrey Spaide fatally shot his neighbors, James Goy and his wife, Lisa Goy, before killing himself on Monday morning when officers were called to West Bergh Street in Plains Township, about 15 miles southwest of Scranton, according to the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office.
Three people, including the shooter, are dead after a dispute over snow shoveling in Plains, Pennsylvania, outside Wilkes-Barre on Monday, Plains Township Police Chief Dale Binker told CNN on Tuesday.
Three dead in northeastern Pennsylvania after snow shoveling dispute leads to murder-suicide
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Plains, Pennsylvania (WGAL ) A dispute over snow shoveling ended with a murder-suicide that left three people dead in northeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said.
The Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office said Jeffrey Spaide got into an argument Monday morning with James and Lisa Goy, who lived across the street from him in Plains.
The Goys were shoveling snow from their parking spots onto Spaide’s property, the district attorney’s office said. Spaide asked them to stop, and the argument escalated.
According to police, Spaide went into his home, came out with a handgun and fired multiple shots at the Goys. Police said Spaide then went back into his house, pulled out an AR-style rifle and fired again at the victims.
The triple shooting in Plains Twp. motivated by a dispute about snow removal will be officially ruled a murder-suicide, according to the Luzerne County District Attorneyâs Office.
Authorities said Jeffrey Spaide, 47, of 6 W. Bergh St., shot and killed his neighbors, James Goy, 50, and his wife Lisa Goy, 48, on Monday morning as they were shoveling snow outside their home at 13 W. Bergh St. Spaide then killed himself as police arrived on scene, prosecutors said.
After a review of the case, District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis said Tuesday she will direct the investigation to be closed.
Prosecutors said officers were dispatched to West Bergh Street shortly before 9 a.m. Monday to a report of shots fired.
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