UPPER GWYNEDD â A Bucks County man must answer to charges in Montgomery County Court that he attempted to kill an Upper Gwynedd police officer by shooting at him as police investigated reports of a suspicious person in a township neighborhood.
Randy Root, 36, of the 2200 block of Pileggi Road, Warrington, was held for trial, after a preliminary hearing before District Court Judge Suzan Leonard, on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, recklessly endangering other persons, possessing an instrument of crime, possession of a prohibited weapon, burglary, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, simple assault and criminal trespass in connection with an August 2020 incident along Cathys Lane in Upper Gwynedd.