Three Pennsylvania neighbours are
dead following a fatal shooting incident during a fight over snow shoveling.
A video of the
fatal shooting that occurred in Plains Township on Monday, Feb 1, shows a man
shooting two of his neighbors to death following a verbal altercation.
Just before 9
a.m. on Monday, Plains Township police officers responded to a report of shots
fired in a residential neighborhood and discovered 50-year-old James Goy and
his 48-year-old wife, Lisa Goy, lying dead in the street in front of their
home, according to a joint statement by Luzerne County District Attorney
Stefanie Salavantis and Plains Township Police Chief Dale Binker.
Residents in the area directed
police officers to a house across the street from the Goys’ home, but as they
approached the front door, a gunshot rang out, the officials said.
Inside the house, police found
47-year-old James Spaide deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot
wound, officials said.
Neighbors told investigators
that Spaide and the Goys had been engaged in a long-running feud that reached a
boiling point on the snowiest day of the year.
“The Goys were shoveling the
snow from their parking spots, shoveling the snow across the road, and throwing
the snow onto Spaide’s property,” Salavantis and Binker said in their
statement.
Witnesses told investigators that Spaide asked the couple to
stop, sparking a heated exchange of words.
James Goy apparently threw a
tool at Spaide that he had been using to clear snow from his car, according to
the statement.
When James Goy approached Spaide
with a raised fist, Spaide reportedly retreated into his house and fetched a
gun, the officials said.
“The Goys proceed to yell at
him, and, using expletives, the parties called each other names,” Salavantis
and Binker said in their statement, adding, “Mr. Goy then threatened Spaide
and is seen making obscene gestures at him. Seconds later, Spaide returns
holding a handgun.”
The officials said despite
seeing Spaide with a gun, James and Lisa Goy continued shouting names at him
from the middle of the street.
Spaide allegedly opened fire on
the couple, shooting both of them multiple times. Officials said Spaide then
went back into his house and retrieved another firearm, which he reportedly
used to shoot them again..
Below is a video of the
shooting.
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