Friday, July 22, 2011
Former Police Chief David C. Eshbach was a lead investigator in a series of York County burglaries committed by Mark Geisenheyner in the 1990s.
Former Police Chief David C. Eshbach said he was "horrified, but not surprised" to learn Mark Geisenheyner was a cold-blooded killer. Police say Geisenheyner, 51, entered a house at 50 Renninger Road in Gilbertsville, Douglass Township around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, shot four adults and child. Eshbach—a former police chief in Springettsbury Township, York County—was the lead investigator in a rash of some 60 burglaries committed by Geisenheyner and his accomplice in the 1990s. "They were hitting one house after another," Eshbach said of the duo that stole many guns and other items. "When you're doing that, you're taking a hell of a risk." Geisenheyner was reckless, didn't consider consequences, and was the type of guy who would …
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Monica Shay died Thursday. She and her husband, Paul Shay, owned the house in Gilbertsville, Douglass Township where they and three others were shot on Saturday.
A third victim in Saturday's shooting is dead. Monica Shay, 58, died Thursday, said Paul Hoffman, Deputy Coroner for Lehigh Valley County. The exact cause of her death is undetermined, he said. An autopsy will be conducted at 8 a.m. on Friday. Shay was shot in the head at a Renninger Road, Gilbertsville, Douglass Township house she owned with her husband Paul Shay, 64. On Sunday, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman and Douglass Township Police Chief Barry L. Templin Jr. identified the victims in the shooting as Paul Shay and his wife, Monica, Joseph Shay, Kathryn Erdmann and her son, Gregory. Joseph Shay, 43, of Yarmouth, MA, and New York, NY, and Gregory, 2, were shot in the head and killed. Kathryn Erdmann, 37, of Fall…
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Joseph "Joey" Shay, 43, was killed Saturday in a night of violence that left two dead and several more injured.
Friends and family are mourning the loss of a former Holmdel, NJ, resident. Joseph Shay, 43 of Yarmouth, MA, and New York, NY, was shot in the head and killed on Saturday in a house in rural Montgomery County outside Philadelphia. The alleged gunman, Mark Richard Geisenheyner, led police on a manhunt over the weekend and was killed Monday by SWAT team gunfire after a six-hour standoff at a house in Trainer in Delaware County. Police began a hunt for a suspect after finding five people had been shot at a residence at 50 Renninger Road in Gilbertsville, Douglass Township, around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. On Sunday, the victims in Saturday's shooting were identified as Paul Shay and his wife, Monica, Joseph Shay, Kathryn Erdmann and her 2-year-…
Monday, July 4, 2011
Officials are investigating a possible insurance fraud scheme that may have been the motive behind Saturday night's brutal killing of a 2-year-old and an adult male.
A murder suspect who led police on a manhunt for much of the weekend and was later killed by SWAT team gunfire apparently lived in Pottstown. Mark Richard Geisenheyner, 51, allegedly shot Paul Shay and his wife, Monica, Joseph Shay, Kathryn Erdmann and her son Gregory in a Renninger Road house in Gilbertsville in Douglass Township on Saturday. Joseph Shay, 43, of Yarmouth, MA, and New York, NY, and Gregory, 2, were shot in the head and killed. Kathryn Erdmann, 37, of Fall River, MA, was also shot in the head. The Renninger Road house owners Paul Shay, 64, and Monica Shay, 58, of New York, NY also suffered gunshot wounds to the head. Monica Shay remains hospitalized in critical condition. Erdmann and Paul Shay, who are hospitalized and …
Mark Richard Geisenheyner, wanted for the murder of a toddler and an adult male, and the shooting of three other people, is dead, officials say.
A massive manhunt for a killer is over. Mark Richard Geisenheyner, a suspect in the shootings of five people that left a child and man dead in Montgomery County, is dead after a six-hour standoff with police in Trainer, Delaware County. A short time ago, Montgomery County First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele confirmed that the Delaware County medical examiner declared Geisenheyner dead today. Police began a hunt for a suspect after finding five people had been shot at a residence at 50 Renninger Road in Gilbertsville, Douglass Township around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. Yesterday, Steele, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman and Douglass Township Police Chief Barry L. Templin Jr. identified the victims in Saturday's …
Montco First Assistant DA Kevin Steele confirmed the death of Mark Geisenheyner, 51, a suspect in Saturday's brutal slayings.
According to the Montgomery County District Attorney's office, Mark Geisenheyner, 51, a suspect wanted for shooting five people in Glbertsville in Montgomery County on Saturday, was killed by police today in the 4300 block of Post Road in Trainer, PA, in Delaware County. Montgomery County First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele confirmed Geisenheyner's death with Pottstown Patch editor Teresa McMinn early this afternoon. Earlier reports had indicated the suspect was dead inside a house in Trainer, and the medical examiner had been called in. According to 6ABC.com, district attorneys from Montgomery and Delaware counties are currently at the scene. Earlier, the Associated Press reported police had surrounded a house in Trainer …
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A medical examiner is on the scene, and reports are trickling in that the suspect is dead.
12:45 p.m. – It now appears the suspect is dead inside a house in Trainer. The medical examiner has been called in. According to 6ABC.com, the district attorneys from both Montgomery and Delaware counties are at the scene. Earlier, the Associated Press reported police were surounding a house in Trainer, PA in Delaware County searching for the shooter in Saturday's horrific multiple shooting that left one child and one adult dead. 12:30 p.m. – According to Philly.com, a police SWAT team has fired tear gas and percussion bombs into the two-story townhouse in Trainer, PA, that they've had surrounded for the last hour. According to the Associated Press, the incident is in connection with the ongoing manhunt for the shooter in Saturday's brutal…
Police are surounding a house in Trainer, PA, in Delaware County searching for the shooter in Saturday's horrific multiple shooting that left one child and one adult dead.
According to the Associated Press, police searching for a suspect in Saturday's horrific shooting in Gilbertsville have surrounded a house in Trainer, Delaware County, mere minutes ago. The gunman has remained at large all weekend while police searched for answers after a shooting killed two people and critically injured three others. “We continue to investigate,” Montgomery County First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele told Patch via email. Yesterday, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman and Douglass Township Police Chief Barry L. Templin, Jr. identified the victims as Paul Shay, Monica Shay, Joseph Shay, Kathryn Erdmann and her son Gregory. Joseph Shay, 43, of Yarmouth, MA, and New York, NY; and Gregory, 2, were …
Dynamo47
6:41 am on Tuesday, July 5, 2011
I feel for the innocent victims in this case. I thank the SWAT team for saving the taxpayers the burden of supporting this animal for next 20 years in prison. more ›