3 Dead in Murder-suicide in Pennsylvania
On Monday the 1st February prosecutors said a man in Pennsylvania shot and killed a couple in a murder-suicide over a snow removal dispute.
Jeffrey Spaide fatally shot his neighbors, James Goy and his wife, Lisa Goy, before killing himself on Monday morning when officers were called to West Bergh Street in Plains Township, about 15 miles southwest of Scranton, according to the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office.
District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis said Tuesday that the office determined no other suspects were involved and deemed the incident a murder-suicide. Salavantis said the office will close the case pending a report by the Luzerne County Coroner’s Office.
Shortly before 9 a.m. on Monday, officers responded to a report of shots fired when they found the bodies of the Goys on the street, prosecutors said. Law enforcement officials said they later heard a gun fire from Spaide’s house. Authorities later determined this to be his self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to prosecutors.
Surveillance video revealed that Spaide and the Goys were involved in disputes before the deadly encounter, prosecutors said.
The video shows that the Goys shoveled snow from their parking spots, pushed it across the street and threw it onto Spaide’s property. After Spaide asked the couple to stop throwing snow onto his property, the neighbors got into an argument where they appear to have exchanged obscene gestures and expletives.
Elizabeth Swan
Senior Staff Reporter
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