A man who was apparently upset with his divorce was found dead after he allegedly murdered his parents and attempted to shoot his ex-wife in Pennsylvania, according to police.Police said 59-year-old Bruce Rogal, of Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, drove to his ex-wife's West Bradford Township home around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday and fired six rounds at her while she was changing her car's oil in her driveway. She was not hurt in the incident, but police said some bullets hit nearby houses.According to police, Rogal received notice that his divorce was finalized Wednesday afternoon, and, in the judgment, the family home was awarded to his ex-wife.He then drove to the Bellingham Retirement Community in East Goshen Township around 6:15 p.m. and shot his parents, William and Nancy, in their apartment. Both victims, in their 80s, died at the scene, and Rogal fled, police said.Police launched a manhunt for Rogal and issued a lockdown in a two-mile radius of the Bellingham facility.Pennsylvania State Police spotted Rogal in his silver Honda Odyssey around 1 a.m. Thursday and he led police on a chase. State police were then joined by SWAT team members.The chase ended in Rogal's ex-wife neighborhood when the suspect crashed his van into the side of a house. When police made contact with him, he was already dead."He is dead. Everyone else is safe, with the exception of his parents, who he killed. Now, this morning in Chester County, everything can go back to normal," Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said during a press conference.Hogan will not confirm whether shots were fired by officers or exactly how the suspect died In police radio calls obtained by our sister station WPVI-TV , the audio says there was an exchange of gunfire between police and the suspect. Again, this has not been confirmed by authorities."They exchanged gunfire. They say he's armed with a rifle. There are helicopters above saying that the doors are still closed on the vehicle," the radio call says.Police blocked off the West Bradford Township neighborhood where the manhunt ended as they were still gathering evidence early Thursday morning.---------- </s> (USA TODAY) – A Pennsylvania man apparently upset over his divorce shot at his ex-wife, gunned down his parents and led police on a massive air and ground pursuit before being found dead in his minivan, authorities said Thursday.

“The manhunt is over, the suspect is dead,” said Tom Hogan, district attorney in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester County.

Hogan said Bruce Rogal, 59, was apparently angered he received the order finalizing the divorce and awarding his wife the couple’s home. Rogal drove to the home and fired six shots as she ducked for cover behind her car, Hogan said.

Rogal then drove to a nearby retirement community where his parents live, fatally shooting both of them, Hogan said. The manhunt was underway.

“He led the police on a chase, State Police then were joined by SWAT team members,” Hogan said.

Officers spotted Rogal’s minivan about 1 a.m. ET, and the chase was on.

“The defendant actually drove back to the house where his ex-wife was, luckily she had cleared out,” Hogan said. “He drove back to the neighborhood and crashed his vehicle into the side of the house. When police made contact with him, he was already deceased.”

Police said that at some point an exchange of gunfire took place, but it was not immediately revealed how Rogal died.

“This morning in Chester County everything can go back to normal,” Hogan said. </s> Law enforcement officers across Pennsylvania are searching desperately for a gunman suspected of shooting and killing both his parents Wednesday -- after shooting at his ex-wife.

Bruce Rogal, 59, of Glenmore in Chester County, is still at large. Rogal is believed to be driving a 2002 silver Honda Odyssey minivan with the Pennsylvania license plate ENN 3549.

Rogal had been served with his final divorce order Wednesday, which awarded his home to his ex-wife, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said at a Wednesday night press conference.

After that, he drove to his ex-wife's home in West Bradford Township at 5:45 p.m. and shot at her six times as she changed oil in a car in her driveway, police said. She was not hurt, but other houses nearby were hit.

He then went to his parents' senior living center in nearby East Goshen Township at 6:15 p.m. and shot and killed them, police said. William and Nancy Rogal were both in their late 80s, Hogan said.

The murders stunned suburban neighborhoods outside of Philadelphia and led to blockades and lockdowns that stretched for miles.

At the nursing home, the Bellingham Senior Living Center on East Boot Road, staff were locked down for hours as a swarm of police, ATF and ambulances responded to the facility.

Mike Galczyk said his daughter, Cayley, is a server at Bellingham. "She’s texting us saying she’s hiding inside with her team," he said. "She told us to stay safe out here."

Cayley wasn't supposed to work Wednesday; she was called in to cover a shift. Her dad was just a few blocks away from picking her up when he was stopped by police roadblocks which were placed up to two miles around Bellingham. Galczyk was later able to reunite with his daughter.

Schools within the two-mile-wide roadblocks were locked down as a precaution. Some students were stuck for some time inside West Chester East High School, according to a message from the district's superintendent that was sent to parents. District officials had to coordinate their release with police.

The scene was finally secure after 10 p.m., Hogan said.

The divorce order "appears to be what set him off today," Hogan said at the press conference.

The Pennsylvania case was one of a series of shootings that made headlines on Wednesday across the nation.

In western Pennsylvania, a man facing charges stemming from a domestic violence arrest walked into a court building and shot and wounded four people, including a police officer. The gunman was shot by police and died.

In Wisconsin, four people were injured, one of them critically, when a heavily armed employee opened fire in the offices of a software company. </s> A Pennsylvania man died Thursday morning after crashing his car into a home given to his ex-wife in the couple's just-finalized divorce agreement, marking a violent end to a deadly rampage spurred by the couple's split, officials said.

Before dying in the wreck, Bruce Rogal was involved in a shootout with cops, and it wasn't immediately clear if his death was a suicide or due to police gunfire. Rogal, 59, had earlier murdered his parents at the senior center where they lived and tried to kill his ex-wife, officials said.

“Bruce Rogal is dead," Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan posted on Facebook. "There is no ongoing threat in Chester County. All law enforcement personnel involved are unhurt. It is a tragedy that the defendant killed his elderly parents. All of the first responders did a tremendous job under enormous pressure. Details will follow at a later time."

Rogal’s rampage began when he received his divorce papers, a development which seemed to have “set him off," Hogan told FOX29 Philadelphia. Rogal’s ex-wife was awarded the West Bradford Township house the couple used to live in.

Investigators said Rogal got in his car, drove past the house he had just lost in the divorce and opened fire when he spotted his ex-wife outside at around 5:45 p.m.

The woman, who was not identified, was not injured in the attack.

Rogal then drove to Bellingham Senior Living Center in East Goshen Township and fatally shot his parents, both of whom were in their late 80s, police said.

Police issued a lockdown for the area around the senior living center -- including for West Chester Area School District -- during the brief manhunt for Rogal, FOX29 reported. </s> CLOSE

Police talk with family members at the staging area after a shooting at Bellingham Retirement Community on East Boot Road in East Goshen Township, Pa., on Sept. 19, 2018. (Photo: AP)

A Pennsylvania man apparently upset over his divorce shot at his ex-wife, gunned down his parents and led police on a massive air and ground pursuit before being found dead in his minivan, authorities said Thursday.

"The manhunt is over, the suspect is dead," said Tom Hogan, district attorney in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester County.

Hogan said Bruce Rogal, 59, was apparently angered he received the order finalizing the divorce and awarding his wife the couple's home. Rogal drove to the home and fired six shots as she ducked for cover behind her car, Hogan said.

Rogal then drove to a nearby retirement community where his parents live, fatally shooting both of them, Hogan said. The manhunt was underway.

"He led the police on a chase, state police then were joined by SWAT team members," Hogan said.

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Rogal's minivan about was spotted by troopers at about 1 a.m. ET – when he drove past the Embreeville barracks. A search helicopter already in the air nearby was called in, and troopers also pursued Rogal in their cars.

Rogal "actually drove back to the house where his ex-wife was, luckily she had cleared out," Hogan said. "He drove back to the neighborhood and crashed his vehicle into the side of the house. When police made contact with him, he was already deceased."

State Trooper James Spencer said police fired shots at Rogal after his wreck. It was not clear whether Rogal fired back, but a gun was found in his car, Spencer said.

Spencer said Rogal's cause of death had yet to be determined. Hogan said the investigation was continuing.

"This morning in Chester County everything can go back to normal," Hogan said.

Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2DemuKn </s> MURDER: At least two have been killed after a shooting at an old people's home

The home is on lockdown as police hunt for the gunman after the shooting in West Chester, in the US state of Pennsylvania.

Roads up to a mile away from Bellingham Retirement Community have been blocked off by police.

A woman waiting outside the home told US media her daughter worked there and she and her colleagues weren't allowed to leave.

Investigators said when they arrived police were told the shooter had fled the scene and might be in a van. </s> The search for a suspect who opened fire at a Pennsylvania retirement community was underway Wednesday evening, according to local media reports.

The violent incident occurred at the Bellingham Nursing Home in West Chester, Pennsylvania and at least one person was shot, Fox 29 reported citing officials.

Upon entering the facility, the male suspect – who had building clearance – fired at a person, officials told the outlet.

Authorities arrived to the scene and a lockdown was ordered, according to WCAU. The outlet reported that there were two fatalities.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) tweeted that agents were “responding to a shooting at a retirement community in West Chester, Pa.” </s> A man is now linked to the killings of six people over several days in Arizona, police said Monday, and it appears the victims were connected to the suspect's divorce.

Dwight Lamon Jones, 56, died early Monday at an Extended Stay America hotel after a police standoff, officials said. Jones, who allegedly fired at officers, was gassed, and a robot was sent inside, where he later was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

These actions "reflect the worst of humanity," Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone told reporters Monday.

The fifth and six killings, which authorities announced Monday, took place hours before the suspect's death.

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Jones' 2011 divorce with his wife involved fights over money and child-custody issues, and Jones was mandated to have psychiatric evaluation therapy, records showed. One of the people ordered to evaluate Jones was well-known psychologist Dr. Steven Pitt, who is also believed to be the first victim connected to Jones, officials said.

Pitt, who consulted with law enforcement on a handful of prominent cases, including the JonBenet Ramsey murder and the Jodi Arias trial, was shot and killed outside his Phoenix office on Thursday night. An eyewitness said he heard Pitt loudly arguing with someone followed by gunshots, according to police.

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Jones' next two alleged victims were paralegals at the law firm Burt Feldman Grenier. A partner at that law office, Elizabeth Feldman, represented Jones' wife, Dr. Connie Jones, in their divorce, according to records.

Jones went to that law firm with the "intent of killing" Feldman, police said.

The paralegals, Veleria Sharp, 48, and Laura Anderson, 49, were shot Friday afternoon. Sharp was spotted running away from the scene, and later she collapsed and died, police said. Anderson was found with a gunshot wound to her chest and later pronounced dead, police said.

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The fourth victim, life coach Marshall Levine, was shot twice and killed just after midnight Saturday at his Scottsdale office, police said.

Dwight Jones' son, as part of the divorce, was ordered to see a psychiatrist who works in the same office space as Levine, police said.

Levine did not appear to be an intended target and was in the wrong place at the wrong time, officials said.

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Pitt, Sharp, Anderson and Levine were killed with the same gun, police said, and Dwight Jones' DNA was found on a shell casing from that weapon. The DNA connection was made by testing his relatives in northern Arizona, police said.

"We really wanted that definitive proof and it was his DNA on those shell casings that took us through all those scenes -- we had that proof he was our suspect," police said.

The fifth and sixth victims, a man and a woman, were killed just after midnight on Monday in Fountain Hills, Arizona, hours before the suspect died, officials said. It has not yet been determined if the bullets from the final crime scene are connected to the earlier scenes.

ABC News' Marci Gonzalez, Frank Elaridi and Mark Osborne contributed to this report. </s> Authorities say a gunman opened fire at a hotel bar in central Pennsylvania, killing a man and wounding two other people, then broke into a home where he fatally shot another man before killing himself.

The initial shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. Thursday at P.J. Harrigan’s Bar & Grill at the Ramada Hotel on South Atherton Street in State College, about two miles from Penn State’s main campus.

Authorities say 21-year-old Jordan Witmer, of Bellefonte, shot and killed 62-year-old Dean Beachy, of Millersburg, Ohio, at the bar. He also wounded another man and a woman at the bar. Police told WJAC the woman was in a relationship with Witmer.

The wounded victims were taken to Mt. Nittany Medical Center, then flown to another hospital in critical condition, the TV station reported.

Witmer then drove away from the bar and later broke into a home, where he fatally shot George McCormick, 83, before turning the gun on himself. WJAC reported McCormick’s wife locked herself in the bathroom and called 911. </s> A North Texas mother is hospitalized after her ex-husband came to her home early Wednesday and opened fire, injuring her and killing their three children and her boyfriend before turning the gun on himself, sheriff's deputies say. (Published Thursday, May 17, 2018)

A North Texas mother is hospitalized after her ex-husband came to her home early Wednesday and opened fire, injuring her and killing their three children and her boyfriend before turning the gun on himself, sheriff's deputies say.

The identities of the children were confirmed by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office Thursday as Drake Painter, 4, Caydence Painter, 6 and Odin Painter, 8.

The mother who survived the shooting is identified as Amanda Simpson.

Wednesday night, she posted a public Facebook video showing her sobbing from her hospital bed as she held a photo of her three young children while talking about her troubled relationship with her ex-husband.

The Denton County Sheriff's Department identified her ex-husband as Justin Painter. Investigators believe he was the gunman.

In the Facebook video, Simpson said she spoke with Painter on Tuesday and that he wanted to reconcile, but she said no.

The Ponder Volunteer Fire Department said Wednesday morning they were called to a home in the 600 block of Lone Star Park Lane at about 8:30 a.m. Shortly before arrival, firefighters were told there were multiple victims inside the home and that several ambulances had been requested.

Officials with the Denton County Sheriff's Department confirmed to NBC 5 later in the day that the five people found dead inside the home were three children, their mother's boyfriend, Seth Richardson, and their father, Justin Painter, the suspected shooter.

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The mother of the children was also shot but survived the shooting. She was transported to Medical City Denton. In the Facebook video she posted, Simpson said she'd been shot in the shoulder, that the bullet lodged there, and that she may have to have surgery.

Wednesday evening, neighbors held a vigil, gathering at a gazebo near the family's home. They left stuffed animals, crosses and prayers for Simpson and her family.

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"All of us are letting her know that we're praying for her and I cannot imagine losing three children," said neighbor Katie Garcia.

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Residents told NBC 5 that Lone Star Park Lane is a generally a quiet, middle-class neighborhood and that they were surprised to learn of the violence.

"It’s a family-friendly environment to live in and it’s sad that it happened here," said resident Mark Skaggs. "But this happens all over the place."

The Denton County Sheriffs Office is assisting Ponder police in the investigation. Further details about the investigation or what may have taken place inside the home have not been confirmed.

NBC 5's Seth Voorhees, Maria Guerrero and Alice Barr contributed to this report.
Gunman upset from divorce shoots his parents dead in a retirement home after shooting and wounding his ex-wife. The suspect later was found dead in his van after a brief shootout with police. This shooting was also in Pennsylvania.