and your point is? On Feb 15, 7:44 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> wrote: > 4 dead in shooting spree spanning two counties in upstate New > Yorkhttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/14/shooting.spree/index.html?eref=rs... > (CNN) -- A former hospital worker systematically shot four people in > upstate New York on Saturday, authorities in two counties said. > > Frank Garcia, 34, was arrested Saturday afternoon. Garcia knew all > four victims, police said, but they didn't reveal details about the > relationships. > > "The individuals who were shot were known to the suspect. It was not > necessarily a random act," Monroe County Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn > said. > > The first two victims -- Mary Sillman, 23, and Randall Norman, 41 -- > were shot before 5 a.m. at Lakeside Hospital in Brockport, where > Garcia was once employed, O'Flynn said. Another woman was wounded and > is being treated at a nearby hospital, he said. > > The second shooting happened at a house in neighboring Ontario County > in the afternoon. > > Christopher Glatz, 45, and his wife, Kim, 38, were killed "execution- > style" while their two teenagers were in the suburban Rochester home, > Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero said. > > The teens were not wounded but it is unclear whether they witnessed > the event. > > Povero said neighbors reported Garcia went door-to-door looking for > the Glatzes' home, but the sheriff not elaborate on any connection > among them. > > Don't Miss > Explosive goes off in California prison > "He was in fact looking for the residence," Povero said. "He was > saying different things to different people, but he was clearly > looking for that home." > > Ballistic evidence has connected the two crime scenes, Povero said. > Investigators found the matching brass cartridges from a pistol found > on Garcia when he was arrested, he said. > > Garcia was arrested at a restaurant Saturday afternoon, CNN affiliate > R-News in Rochester reported. > > Garcia was to be arraigned Saturday night in Monroe County, where the > first shootings occurred, on two counts of first-degree murder and > one > count of attempted murder in the second degree, O'Flynn said. > > Sillman was a certified nursing assistant at Lakeside's long-term > care > center, hospital officials said. > > "During Mary's brief time within the system, those who worked closest > with Mary described her as warm, kind and compassionate towards the > residents of Lakeside Beikirch Care Center," Lakeside interim CEO > Michael Stapleton said in a statement. > > Garcia likely will face similar charges in Ontario County, Povero > said. > > "This certainly speaks to a tragedy that is enormous, not only the > taking of the lives that were taken, but the people that were left > behind, the person in Brockport and the two teenage children who were > present when their mother was systematically murdered," Povero said. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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