A frantic telephone name to 911 revealed the tense moments after a lady and her husband had been shot of their New Jersey dwelling by a neighbor they’d been feuding with for years.
“My husband, I think he’s dead outside and my leg is killing me,” the spouse advised the 911 dispatcher. “I’m in the left leg — my husband I think — at least 3 rounds. Oh my God.”
When requested what number of rounds have been fired, the lady stated greater than three, then urged the dispatcher to ship assist. She stated her husband was engaged on the home close to the nook of Drake Drive and Amherst Drive when their neighbor, John Adamo, came to visit and fired at him.
“There’s blood everywhere,” the spouse stated. “It looks like a f—–g rifle. It looked like a rifle. Please hurry.”
Others within the sleepy Jersey Shore city of Berkeley Township knew that the folks residing within the neighboring homes had been at odds for years.
The gunshot victims had arrange safety cameras, posting a transparent warning to the 54-year-old Adamo. It is unclear why the feud all of a sudden turned violent.
After allegedly capturing the husband, Adamo fired into the neighbor’s dwelling, putting his spouse.
“Please get the cops here, I’m bleeding to death. I can’t leave my kids,” the spouse stated on the 911 name. “If I do, please tell them that I love them.”
The husband was not killed, however each he and the spouse have been critically injured. The couple was airlifted to the hospital, the place they have been recovering.
Adamo then went again inside his home. SWAT groups surrounded it. Chopper 4 confirmed police exterior the home, then utilizing an explosive to blow the door open and get inside. They discovered Adamo in an upstairs bed room, useless of an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound to the top.
Police data confirmed they’d responded to the houses a half dozen occasions within the final yr. Police haven’t formally shared a potential motive within the case.
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Workplace is investigating.
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