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.
fired before entering the building and killing three and wounding several more with what is described as a long gun. a local reporter in the room said, i heard more than ten shots and saw plaster flying out, blowing out through the walls. then police say newell was tableed to the ground after leaving to retrieve a handgun. he then again reproached the building and entered the building again firing a weapon and was subsequently tackled and brought to the ground. reporter: witnesses say one of the men who tackled him, bernie kosan, bear hugged new dell and bringing him to the ground and authorities credit ker kozan for saving lives. if he would have entered the building with handgun he would have killed other people. reporter: local media from the last year, suggest new dell was troubled and described by neighbors as a junk collector and ordered to vacate his property after it was condemned by the town following a year s long battle with the township s
sleep over with his own son who happened to be in a different room. today the shop s owner reports that he can t believe this is real. well, the cops killed the snake and they say they re investigating whether the shop broke any laws regarding exotic animals and if so there will be charges. witnesses say a man fired bullets through the walls of a township board meeting last night, then burst inside, murdered three people and wounded at least two others before two men tackled him to the ground. and now that gunman faces murder charges. he calls himself a junk collector. other people might call him a hoarder. today when a judge asked him if he had any property, the man responded. no they stole it from me. in fact, a court had ordered him to leave his home last year for violating zoning and sewer rules. a local newspaper in eastern pennsylvania reports that law enforcement had found buckets of human waste sitting around in that home. since the eviction, he has reportedly lived in abandone