Man charged with murder in retirement community shooting
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — An 86-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a Florida man at a retirement community in southern New Jersey.
Ocean County prosecutors say Thomas Hatchett also faces a weapons charge stemming from the shooting at the Leisure Village West community in Manchester Township. He remained in custody Tuesday and it wasn't known if he's retained an attorney.
Manchester police responded to Hatchett's home shortly before 10 a.m. Monday after someone called 911 to report an injured person. A regional SWAT team also responded.
The officers found Igal Hedad face down in the street outside the home. The 71-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was bleeding from his head and had gunshot wounds to his back.
Hatchett had fled the scene but was found later Monday at another home he has in Verona, where he captured.