ground by two individuals who were inside the township building. he was restrained until the troopers arrived and took him into custody. reporter: witnesses say one of the men who tackled him, bernie kozin, bear hugged newell, bringing him to the ground. this tweet hails kozen as a hero and authorities credit kozen from preventing further bloodshed. absolutely saved lives. he was entering the building again with a handgun and, certainly, his intent had been shown that he was wanting to harm the people and certainly if they would not have done that, he would have killed or injured other people. reporter: local media from the last year suggests newell was troubled, described by neighbors as a junk collector, ordered to vacate his property after it was condemned by the town, following a year s long battle with the township s board of supervisors. he told the pocono record last year, looks like i m going to be homeless because i have nowhere to go.