March 13, 2013 Four men were killed and 2 were injured, and the gunman shot by police in a shooting spree by Kurt Myers, age 64. He used a shotgun to kill 2 and wound 2 others at John's Barber Shop in the village of Mohawk, and in killed two at the Gaffy's Jiffy Lube in the neighboring town of Herkimer after settting his sparsely furnished apartment on fire. He had no job since 2006, no money and was maxed out on credit cards. Police surrounded the building where the gunman was barricaded, and shot him dead, perhaps it was suicide by cop.
- suspect was identified by state police as Kurt Myers, 64, of Mohawk,
- fire was reported at the Mohawk apartment house where Myers lived,
- search of the apartment turned up a cache of guns and ammunition
- shotgun kills 2 at John's Barber shop in Mohawk, wounding 2
- 2 killed at Gaffy's Jiffy Lube in the neighboring town of Herkimer
- no motive
- crime of similar magnitude has never occurred in his sleepy town of 2,700 people.
- he had no money, no job and was maxed out on his credit cards.
- had little in his modest apartment in Mohawk beyond a couch, a television, a dresser, a kitchen table and a bed. Investigators are trying to determine whether he started the blaze that consumed his apartment the morning of the shootings.
- last job was in 2006 at Northeastern Nonwovens, Inc., in New Hampshire
- left no note nor a computer that could point to a motive. Police are analyzing his cellphone.
- no history of being treated for mental illness, though Blaise said acquaintances describe him as having compulsive habits and being set in his ways. For instance, every year he would get a new wardrobe and donate his oldest set of clothes.
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Mar 13, 2013 7:15pm EDT
(Reuters) - Four men were killed on Wednesday in separate shootings at a barbershop and a car wash in neighboring upstate New York towns, and police surrounded a building where the suspected gunman was believed to be barricaded.Authorities said the gunman drove to John's Barber Shop in the village of Mohawk at about 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT) and after a brief exchange of words opened fire with a shotgun, killing two customers and critically wounding the owner and another customer, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico said at a news conference.
"Totally unprovoked, we believe he fired a number of rounds from the shotgun," he said.
illings took place shortly after , said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who joined police at the press conference.
"This is a truly inexplicable situation. There was no apparent rational motive t
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