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unknown
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 Posted - 12/20/2007 : 11:30:16 AM
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Just heard on channel 5 coming up at noon......
no idea where in Everett..more details to come
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unknown
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Posted - 12/20/2007 : 11:33:51 AM
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breaking news--bostonherald.com
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Two people are dead and another person has been injured in a murder-suicide at a Russell Street home in Everett, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
The shooting occurred at about 12:30 a.m. today at 21 Russell St. in a second-floor apartment where a woman, who was in her 30s, lived with her daughter, according to the first-floor neighbor and law enforcement sources.
Corey Welford, a spokesman for Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, said a man shot a woman inside the apartment and then shot himself. A third man, believed to be the woman’s boyfriend, was shot and is being treated at a Boston hospital, according to sources.
Ruth Giannasoli, who lives on the first floor of the home, said she heard a commotion and a gunshot last night when she was watching the “Jimmy Kimmel” show.
She said she heard the victim yell for her 12-year-old daughter to get out of the house.
“I heard (the victim) yell to her daughter, ‘Run. Run. Run,”’ Giannasoli said. “I heard lots of crying then I heard two more loud bangs.”
Giannasoli said she knew the victim well.
The victim’s good friend, Elena Aresco, 30, said the victim and her daughter were very close.
Welford would not confirm the relationship between the victims and the shooter.
“We are continuing to investigate the relationship between the three parties,” Welford said.
jfargen@bostonherald.com
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unknown
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Posted - 12/20/2007 : 12:30:32 PM
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from channel 7 12:30 pm
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schools were on locked down this morning because of shooting at Ferry st apartment ( near fire station) and gunman on loose plus murder on russell st !! |
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michael
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Posted - 12/20/2007 : 12:44:33 PM
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Apparent Murder-Suicide Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Injured
BOSTON (WBZ) ¯ Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Everett. According to officials, a gunman shot a man and a woman just after midnight on Thursday before shooting himself.
According to Middlesex D.A. Spokesman Corey Welford, the woman and the gunman died at the scene. The male victim was taken to a Boston Hospital, where he is being treated for a gunshot wound.
According to the Boston Herald, a neighbor said she heard the victim yell for her 12-year-old daughter to get out of the house and then heard two loud bangs.
Officials have not released the names of the victims or the gunman in this case. It is unclear what kind of relationships the three may have had with each other.
(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be
there was another shooting on ferry street this morning also, came on channel 7 at 12:30 |
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EHS88
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Posted - 12/20/2007 : 5:37:32 PM
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EVERETT -- A scorned lover burst into the apartment of his former girlfriend with a shotgun early this morning and opened fire in an apparent murder-suicide that left two dead and one man wounded, according to prosecutors and neighbors.
The gunman, identified by authorities as Edward H. Pettengill, 44, walked up the back stairs of a second-floor apartment on Russell Street at about 12:30 a.m. and blasted his way through the door, according to prosecutors and neighbors. The victim's 11-year-old daughter was inside the home when the shooting began, but she escaped before her mother, Altijana "Tina" Moric, was killed, according to Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr.
Moric, 36, struggled with Pettengill and screamed for her daughter to run.
#65533;Tina fought for herself and fought for her 11-year-old daughter,#65533; Leone said at a press conference this afternoon at the Everett Police Department.
Neighbors described a harrowing scene, recounting how they heard the struggle and the blasts of the shotgun.
"It was awful. It was really, really terrible," said Ruth Giannasoli, who lives in the apartment downstairs. "At least nothing happened to the little girl."
The shooting started just before 12:30 a.m. when Pettengill forced his way in the back door, Leone said. Moric's new boyfriend, Joseph E. Scimeni, 46, heard the noise and went to investigate. Pettengill shot Scimeni in the arm and went after Moric, Leone said.
Scimeni stumbled outside and called police at 12:32 a.m. Moric fought with Pettengill and helped her daughter escape. While the struggle continued inside, police arrived with tactical equipment and prepared to force their way into the apartment, said Chief Steven Mazzie of the Everett Police Department. They tried unsuccessfully to communicate with Pettengill.
With police outside, Pettengill shot and killed Moric and then turned the gun on himself, authorities said. Officers waited another nine minutes before forcing their way inside.
Mazzie said the strategy was to use time as an ally and try to negotiate a peaceful end. Police training has taught officers not to storm a home where hostages are being held at gunpoint, especially a woman and a child, he said. From the first 911 call until Pettengill killed himself, 23 minutes elapsed, authorities said.
Moric and Pettengill had dated for 3 1/2 years before they broke up in August, shortly before she moved from East Boston to Everett. Neighbor Elena Aresco said Moric had recently told her that Pettengill was "unstable" and did not get along with her daughter.
"I think that#65533;s why they ended things, because [her daughter] came first in her life," Aresco said.
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