details in the shooting at a rural pennsylvania town meeting. the suspect's father says his son had been thinking abut killing town officials for some time. >> stemmed from a long running dispute over efforts by the town to condemn the property. aditi roy has the report. >> reporter: this is the man police say shattered the peace in a small pennsylvania town. >> he had been talking about this. we have been trying to talk him out of it. he just told me, he said, dad, my life is over. i'm not going to live in a tent another winter in my life. >> reporter: state police say 59-year-old rockne newell walked up to the municipal building monday night armed with a rifle and started shooting. >> it was a horrible scene. something you never want to witness. >> reporter: police say newell involved in an 18 year fight with the township over his property, killed three people. when newell allegedly went back to his car to grab a different gun. bernard cosin seen at the scene and mark kresh sprang into action.