Ross Township Municipal Building shooting

The Ross Township Municipal Building shooting occurred just after 7:00 p.m. on August 5, 2013, in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, a small town in Monroe County. A gunman went on a shooting rampage at a public meeting of township supervisors in the municipal building, leaving three people dead and three others injured. The gunman, identified as Rockne Newell, was described as having long feuded with township officials.

While approaching the building on foot, Newel fired a rifle into the building 28 times, through windows. Then, he went back to his car to retrieve a handgun before entering the building and the meeting room. There, he began shooting the handgun at meeting attendees. While the gunman was still shooting, two men struggled with him over the gun. They subdued, disarmed, and held him, preventing further deaths and injuries.

Linda Kozic, Frank Pirano, and Howard Beers were injured; while David Fleetwood, Gerard Kozic, and James "Vinny" LaGuardia were fatally wounded. During the struggle over the gun with Bernard Kozen and Mark Krashe, the gunman was wounded in the leg with his own weapon.^[1][2][3]

See also

• Kirkwood City Council shooting, a similar earlier case
• Carl Drega, a similar earlier case
• Moscone–Milk assassinations, a similar earlier case
• James E. Davis (councilman), a New York City councilman, who was assassinated in city hall

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