Commish: Slay a 'most heinous, brutal crime'

Published: June 20, 2011 10:32 PM
By ANDREW STRICKLER AND MICHAEL AMON. andrew.strickler@newsday.com,, michael.amon@newsday.com

The four victims gunned down Sunday in a Medford drug store "died viciously and violently," doing nothing to provoke their killer, Suffolk Police Commissioner Richard Dormer said Monday. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (June 20, 2011) (June 20, 2011 5:03 PM)

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He showed no mercy.

The gunman who killed four people in a Medford pharmacy Sunday morning shot each defenseless victim at close range, without warning or reason, Suffolk Police Commissioner Richard Dormer said Monday.

He then loaded his backpack with prescription painkillers and fled Haven Drugs pharmacy. He was in and out in just a few minutes.

"This is one of the most heinous,...

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