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Murder-Suicide: 3 dead after snow-shoveling dispute between neighbors

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A dispute about snow removal turned deadly in Plains Twp. on Monday morning when a man shot a neighboring couple dead in the street before taking his own life, according to authorities.

The shooting took place around 9:20 a.m. Monday as a winter storm was in the midst of dropping an anticipated foot or more of snow on the Wyoming Valley.

The victims, James Goy, 50, and his wife Lisa Goy, 48, were outside their home shoveling snow when neighbor Jeffrey Spaide, 47, came outside with a pistol and opened fire, killing them both, police said.

“Apparently there’s been an ongoing dispute between neighbors, some of which involved a dispute about snow disposal and removal,” Luzerne County First Assistant District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said. “They’re across the street from each other, and when they would remove snow they would throw it across the street at the other person’s property.”

Police said that after killing the Goys, Spaide went back inside his home and got an AR-15-style rifle.

“He retrieved the rifle and shot them again,” Plains Twp. police Sgt. Michael Smith said.

Officers arriving to a report of shots fired found Lisa Goy dead in the middle of the street and James Goy dead between some vehicles, Smith said.

“Upon our arrival, Spaide shot himself,” Smith said. “We heard the shot. At that point, we made a tactical entry and he was found with self inflicted gunshot.”

Spaide had used a third weapon to shoot himself, another rifle, he said.

The Goys had a 15-year-old son is now staying with his grandparents.

Spaide lived at his home alone, he said.

“It appears to be a murder-suicide,” Sanguedolce said.
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Police: 3 killed in Plains Twp. murder-suicide

A dispute about snow removal turned deadly in Plains Twp. on Monday morning when a man shot a neighboring couple dead in the street before taking his own life, according
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Asshole with plenty of guns.
How quaint.
Glad the little bitch offed himself.
Shoulda done that in the first place.

Growing up we always had fun with snow removal.
People would help one another.
There was hot chocolate and all ages pitched in.
I admit, those truly were the good old days.
 
Antagonistic fuckers shouldn't have thrown snow where someone else had to shovel it. That's not neighborly at all.

...That's not saying bullets was a good way to get even. I can think of more creative ways that are much less illegal and don't have the logical outcome of needing to kill yourself afterward since your life is pretty much over anyway. Lack of creativity! sigh.
 
Why throw your snow across the road except to antagonize the grumpy old man with guns? Not saying they deserved to be shot dead but if you play stupid games the man with the gun is going to win sooner or later. Just saying there were assholes on both sides of that street.
 


The violent incident took place at the height of Monday's Nor'easter storm in Plains Township in the suburbs of Scranton, claiming the lives of James Goy, 50, his wife, 48-year-old Lisa Goy.

Prosecutors in Pennsylvania have officially ruled the deadly triple shooting a murder-suicide.

The argument appears to have been sparked after the victims dumped snow into their neighbor's yard while clearing their cars.

Spaide asked the pair to stop, which prompted James Goy to throw aside the tool he was using to clean his car, walk up to his neighbor in the street and make a fist at him.

Surveillance video from the scene shows the Goys yelling at Spaide and calling him a 'mother******' and a 'p****.'

Spaide goes back into his house as the Goys continue cursing at the neighbor. In the video, James is heard yelling at the neighbor 'I'll knock your a** out' and 'I'll make your life a living hell.'

Moments later, Spaide emerges from his residence holding a pistol, but the Goys carry on with the verbal abuse and seemingly challenge him to shoot, with Lisa yelling, 'Go ahead! Go ahead!'

James and Lisa initially do not react and remain standing as Spaide opens fire on them. He fires multiple rounds from close range, striking both victims and causing them to collapse to the snow-covered ground.

The gunman then goes back into his house to get an AR-15-style rifle, which he uses to shoot his neighbors again, killing both in the middle of the street.

'You should have kept your mouth shot,' he tells Lisa as he pulls the trigger.

Prosecutors said Spaide then retreated into his home, paced back and forth in front of a window, then shot himself dead as the first police units responded to the scene on West Bergh Street at 9am on Monday.

On Tuesday, Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis said she has reviewed the case and will direct the investigation to be closed, reported Citizens Voice.

According to prosecutors, witness accounts and surveillance video showed that the Goys and Spaide, who had a history of disputes, clashed while removing snow from their respective properties directly across the street from one another.

As the Goys were clearing their cars, they pushed the snow across the street and dumped it onto Spaide's property, according to prosecutors.

Police said a total of 15 to 20 shots were fired during the confrontation.

The Goys had a 15-year-old son with autism who is now staying with his grandparents.
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Couple killed during row about shoveling had been dumping snow into neighbor's yard | Daily Mail Online
 
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Hotheaded fools, the lot of em. Why were they mouthing off to a guy with a gun? Wouldn't have mattered, but it def illustrates the shit that built to this if those attitudes were on display like this even in this situation.

All that said, if this scumbag had it in him to slaughter two people like this, the benefit of the doubt doesn't go to him. Seems undeniable based on this event that the shooter was the WORSE neighbor and no doubt the main instigator of the neightbor feuding. He was the problem it seems.

Is there a delay in the audio or did they really not react at all for like 4 straight shots until one finally hit? Surely it's a major audio delay.

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Why couldn't Joy just shut the fuck up and play dead. She sat up to call him a fucker.
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That wouldn't have mattered. Sociopath was focused on overkill.
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There a picture of this Spaide shithead? Can't find one with the google.

Oh and BIGGGGG surprise, guess who was a military veteran. What fucking trash
 
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Yeah, @JackBurton, it did look like they just stood their waiting to get hit in the video and surely that wouldn't have been the case. I would've taken cover as soon as the old fart started approaching; not waited to see what he was going to do. They couldn't see the gun?

You poke something with a stick long enough, and shit happens.
 
Satanica said:
They couldn't see the gun?
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The woman can be heard urging him on though. They saw the gun, it caused them to ramp up their trash talking.
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Sugar Cookie said:
@RavegesTheCabbages

I am blaming Lisa for this shit I don't think the man wanted to shoot them - he was initially firing the gun to scare them and Lisa kept saying come on to him.

James running like a bitch and crying :arghh:

I don't have sympathy for any of them except the son who is 15 and has autism.
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Wow what an exceptionally fucking stupid and objectively wrong viewpoint to have. Embarrassing.
 
To the people asking why he fired so many times without it looking like anyone got hit.. heavy coats with multiple layers cause hollow points to expand before they hit skin, which makes them much less effective. They were probably hit a few times before even realizing.

- from a gun guy I know
 
The best 9mm hollowpoints consistently outperformed the EFMJ, even when shot through heavy clothes. The Hornady Critical Defense round with the polymer tip is also designed to resist being plugged up by clothing. It performed adequately as well.
In almost every case, the hollowpoint bullets penetrated DEEPER, even after going through multiple layers of denim clothing.
Your hollowpoint bullet doesn’t get stopped by clothing. The hollow cavity actually gets partially or fully plugged by the clothing material. When that happens, the bullet expands less and thus penetrates more deeply. You don’t need to switch your hollowpoint for a deeper penetrating ball round. Almost all hollowpoint bullets will automatically penetrate deeper when shot through heavy clothing.
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I think the old man with the gun probably had all he could take of those assholes. Basically bullying him until he exploded, their reaction, or rather non reaction, to him kinda proves they messed with him all the time and was used to him doing nothing. So he surprised them by doing something. I hate a bully and these people were bullies.
 
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cubby said:
I think the old man with the gun probably had all he could take of those assholes. Basically bullying him until he exploded, their reaction, or rather non reaction, to him kinda proves they messed with him all the time and was used to him doing nothing. So he surprised them by doing something. I hate a bully and these people were bullies.
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There's absolutley nothing to support such a stupid claim.

This site is fucking ridiculous with the victim blaming. Honestly gettin hard to find a story where victims aren't blamed nowadays. Sickening.
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I think he was trying to intimidate them, but when they persisted in the name calling and belittling he lost it and went for blood
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Nah he was always going to kill them, def had pre-planned this and fully intended to do it.
 
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