The York Dispatch | By Chelsea Shank and Greg Gross
A man is accused of shooting and killing his neighbor at point-blank range Sunday morning in Springettsbury Township.
Police said Spencer L. Newcomer IV, 42, of the 3800 block of Sylvan Drive, shot his neighbor, Dave Edward Wintermyer, 47, four times in the chest with a 9 mm handgun.
An autopsy on Wintermyer is planned for Monday, said York County Deputy Coroner Jeffri Goodfellow.
Newcomer and a number of neighbors phoned York County 911 about the shooting and officers arrived at the scene about 9:17 a.m., township police said.
Newcomer was arrested at the scene without incident, and Wintermyer was found lying in the street, police said.
The arresting officer asked Newcomer if he was shooter, and Newcomer replied, "Yes,"
Newcomer according to his court documents.
Newcomer told the officer that "This guy (Wintermyer) has been bugging me for years," documents state.
Newcomer was arraigned Sunday night at central booking on a homicide charge and is being held at York County Prison without bail.
Shooting: The shooting came about after an ongoing feud between the two neighbors escalated. The roughly year-long argument was over Newcomer's dogs and property, a witness to the shooting told police, court documents state.
Sunday's argument started as Newcomer was backing his Chevrolet pickup truck down his driveway, a witness told police.
Witnesses told police Wintermyer was standing by his mailbox, and he and Newcomer started to argue, the documents state.
Newcomer began to drive away as he shouted and pointed his finger at Wintermyer, but Wintermyer yelled something at Newcomer and Newcomer stopped his truck. Wintermyer started walking toward the truck and Newcomer got out of the pickup, documents state.
A witness told police the two men were about four feet apart when Newcomer pulled a handgun from his pocket and fired the fatal shots, documents state.
911 call: Another witness said he and his wife ran up to Newcomer and the wounded Wintermyer just after the shooting.
The witness asked Newcomer why he shot Wintermyer, and Newcomer said Wintermyer was reaching into his pocket, documents state.
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