A dispute between Jersey Shore neighbors ended Monday with a husband and wife hospitalized with critical injuries and another man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The chaos unfolded around 4:45 p.m. in Berkeley Township, New Jersey. Officers were called to a home on Drake Drive and found the husband and wife suffering from a gunshot wound, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release.
A disturbing 911 call obtained by NBC New York reveals the woman’s frantic plea for help.
“My neighbor. We got shot by our neighbor,” she tells the dispatcher. “Please hurry!”
“My husband I think he’s dead outside and my leg is killing me,” she says.
The woman begs for the dispatcher to send help quickly.
“Please hurry, it hurts so bad,” she says.
At one point, the wife tells the dispatcher that she can’t move her leg and there’s “blood everywhere.”
“Please get the cops here. I’m bleeding to death. I can’t leave my kids,” she says. “If I do please tell them that I love them.”
The couple had allegedly been involved in a feud with their neighbor, John Adamo, 54, for years, NBC New York reported. The couple set up security cameras and posted a sign outside their house that read: “private property no trespassing Mr. and Ms. Adamo!!!!”
Police had been called to the home about six times in the last year, according to NBC New York. It’s not clear why the feud escalated.
The prosecutor’s office said that Adamo allegedly shot the husband while he was outside and then shot into the couple’s home, striking the wife. Adamo then went into his own home.
The Ocean County Regional SWAT Team and a crisis negotiating team responded to the shooting and surrounded Adamo’s home in an attempt to have him surrender.
After about two and a half hours, SWAT forced their way into the home. Video obtained by NBC New York showed law enforcement blowing open the front door to gain access to the residence.
Adamo was found dead in an upstairs bedroom. Authorities believe he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the news release states. A pressure cooker was also found in his bedroom, but it was determined it was non-explosive.
The husband and wife were airlifted to a hospital in Neptune, New Jersey, in critical but stable condition.
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