Pennsylvania state police say a person upset about an argument together with his mom drove right into a crowd of individuals at a fundraiser for victims of a current lethal home fireplace, killing one particular person on the occasion and injuring 17 others, then returned house and beat his mom to demise.
Police recognized the motive force as 24-year-old Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes of Nescopeck, who was arraigned early Sunday on two counts of felony murder.
Police allege in a felony grievance that Sura Reyes mentioned he argued together with his mom at their Nescopeck house Saturday night and whereas driving via close by Berwick was “extremely frustrated” and was “tired of fighting with his mother, including about money, and wanted to be done with it.”On the time, police mentioned, a crowd of about 75 folks, together with adults and young children, had gathered in a blocked-off parking zone in Berwick exterior the Intoxicology Division bar, which was holding an all-day fundraising occasion to learn victims of the Aug. 5 blaze in Nescopeck that killed seven adults and three youngsters.
Police say Sura Reyes informed them he drove previous the gathering, then circled and headed again to the bar “to drive through the crowd of people.” Investigators requested how briskly he drove into the gang and Sura Reyes replied “speeding up.”
“Video surveillance gathered by the Pennsylvania State Police corroborates Sura Reyes’s statement that he sped up into the crowd purposefully,” in response to the felony grievance.Geisinger Medical Heart mentioned it obtained 15 sufferers after the crash, and 5 remained in vital situation whereas three have been listed in honest situation, a hospital spokesperson mentioned Sunday morning. Seven sufferers had been handled at hospitals and launched.
Trooper Anthony Petroski III informed reporters late Saturday that Sura Reyes was not presently a suspect within the fireplace — the reason for which stays underneath investigation.
“This is a complete tragedy in a community where there’s already been tragedy,” Petroski mentioned.Shortly after the crash was reported, troopers have been referred to as a few man “physically assaulting” a lady lower than two miles away in Nescopeck. Troopers arrived to seek out native police had arrested Sura Reyes and {that a} girl was lifeless. Luzerne County Coroner Francis Hacken confirmed Sunday that the sufferer, Rosa D. Reyes, 56, of Nescopeck, was the mom of Sura Reyes and had died of a number of traumatic accidents after being hit by a car and assaulted with a hammer.
Within the felony grievance, police say Sura Reyes informed investigators he noticed his mom on the street upon returning house and hit her together with his car, then struck her with a hammer a number of instances.Sura Reyes was denied bail and remained in Columbia County jail pending an Aug. 29 preliminary listening to. Information retailers reported he mentioned “Sorry” in response to reporters’ questions as he was taken from the Shickshinny police station.
It wasn’t instantly clear whether or not he had a lawyer to touch upon his behalf.The primary funerals for victims of the hearth have been held Friday, and extra have been scheduled for Sunday and Monday. The bar referred to as the occasions an “absolute tragedy” and mentioned on its Fb web page that they are going to be closed till additional discover and would really like privateness “while we grieve and try to process the events that occurred.”
