Bernie Kozen stands near the scene of Monday's shooting on Tuesday, August 6, in rural Pennsylvania. Kozen, a local parks director, is being hailed as a hero for stopping the alleged gunman, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F08%2F06%2Fjustice%2Fpennsylvania-town-hall-shooting%2Findex.html%3Fhpt%3Dhp_t2">Rockne Newell, who opened fire </a>at a town council meeting in Ross Township on Monday night, August 5, killing three people, police said. Newell had been in an ongoing feud over property rights with the township's board of supervisors.
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Bernie Kozen stands near the scene of Monday's shooting on Tuesday, August 6, in rural Pennsylvania. Kozen, a local parks director, is being hailed as a hero for stopping the alleged gunman, Rockne Newell, who opened fire at a town council meeting in Ross Township on Monday night, August 5, killing three people, police said. Newell had been in an ongoing feud over property rights with the township's board of supervisors.
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Investigators work the crime scene at the Ross Township Municipal Building on August 6, in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Investigators work the crime scene at the Ross Township Municipal Building on August 6, in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.
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An investigator carries evidence away from the Ross Township Municipal Building crime scene on August 6.
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An investigator carries evidence away from the Ross Township Municipal Building crime scene on August 6.
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David Fleetwood, 62, was one of three people killed in the shooting.
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David Fleetwood, 62, was one of three people killed in the shooting.
The property of shooting suspect Rockne Newell is seen on August 6 in Saylorsburg.
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The property of shooting suspect Rockne Newell is seen on August 6 in Saylorsburg.
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Items around the cluttered property Newell appear early August 6, in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia.
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Items around the cluttered property Newell appear early August 6, in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia.
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Newell reportedly had been fighting with Ross Township for 18 years. Last year, a court ordered him to leave his Monroe County property, and it was set for a sheriff's sale, according to the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poconorecord.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20130805%2FNEWS%2F130809865" target="_blank" target="_blank">Pocono Record</a> newspaper.
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Newell reportedly had been fighting with Ross Township for 18 years. Last year, a court ordered him to leave his Monroe County property, and it was set for a sheriff's sale, according to the Pocono Record newspaper.
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Newell got a building permit to have a storage structure on his property but built a residence without a proper permit, the Pocono Record said.
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Newell got a building permit to have a storage structure on his property but built a residence without a proper permit, the Pocono Record said.
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Neighbors have complained about the property in the past, including a report of human feces in buckets, the Pocono Record said.
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Neighbors have complained about the property in the past, including a report of human feces in buckets, the Pocono Record said.
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Ross Township ruled Newell was improperly disposing of sewage with no septic system or permit for one. Newell said he couldn't afford the hookup fees for a septic system.
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Ross Township ruled Newell was improperly disposing of sewage with no septic system or permit for one. Newell said he couldn't afford the hookup fees for a septic system.
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After his property was set for sale by the sheriff's department, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poconorecord.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20130610%2FNEWS%2F306100327" target="_blank" target="_blank">Newell told the Pocono Record</a>, "If I lose this property, I have nowhere else to go. What they're doing to me, what they've been doing to me for so long, it's wrong."
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After his property was set for sale by the sheriff's department, Newell told the Pocono Record, "If I lose this property, I have nowhere else to go. What they're doing to me, what they've been doing to me for so long, it's wrong."
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