thinking about it for some time. he has been talking about this. we have been trying to talk him out of it. he told me. dad, my life is over. i am not going to live in a tent another winter in my life. newell had a long running dispute with town officials over the efforts to condemn his property. in cleveland, house of horrors where three women were held captive and tortured for a decade will become a pile of rubble. ariel castro s home demolished this morning, nearly a week after he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. workers cleaned out the home. dozens of people touched by the women s story walked by to get a final look. before today s demolition, google wiped the house off the face of the earth electronically. 2207 seymour avenue a blur on google s street view. to georgia and grandmother determined to fight back. against a robber. the 62-year-old walked into her
appeared in cars, including a 1984 pontiac. which brings to us last night. one witness then compared the onslot of bullets to fire crackers. he said folks saw pictures exploding away from the walls. rick leventhal is on scene in sailorsburg, pennsylvania, about 90 miles north of filly, rick? shepard, rodney nell s motive appears to be simple revenge. he reportedly told police that he shot up last night s monthly town hall meeting because he knew the town s supervisors who helped condemn his property would be here. he also reportedly said i wish i killed more of them. police say nell fired 28 rounds from a 223 caliber rifle while yelling you took my property and some expliteddives. he went back to his car when he ran out of ammo and grabbed his legally purchased 34 nag numb hand fun and went back inside firing more rounds before two men, including local will parks director bernie tackled newell even as he pulled the trigger. two very courageous
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.
shot. weber says the gunman returned to his car, retrieved a handgun and brought it back into the building. the gunman came into the building, started shooting randomly at the people in the room. newell apparently had a long-running property dispute with town officials. he had reportedly not been in the home since it was condemned on thursday. he is presently in custody, at pocono medical center, suffering from a bullet wound to the leg. larry jacobs, abc news, new york. sad story. we have his name, rockne newell is his name. the only motive that we have right now is he had this longstanding debate with the town. one of the reporters for the local newspaper there, the pocono record, was inside when the shooting happened, and he was able to give a firsthand account. he said the pictures on the walls were exploding. there were people after the initial shooting. there were the walls were essentially being busted through because the power of his gunshots. people, after that hap
newell was here firing at the building 28 rounds from a rifle and first through the side and front door and firing as he went inside with 15 or 18 people ducking for cover. he ran out to his car when he ran out of ammunition and grabbed a 44 handgun and fired again and a town superizor bernie cosan tackled the suspect and wrestled him to the ground and held him down until officers arrived. two courage individuals positioned themselves in a way they were able to jump on this subject as he came through the door. they wrestled with him and in an attempt to subdue him even while he was firing rounds from the 44 magnum revolver. i spoke to bernie cosan who