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Hasbrouck Heights Man, 83, Shoots, Kills Tenant

Bergen County prosecutors say the 83-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man shot and killed 58-year-old Gerald Velardi on Saturday during a verbal argument in the two-story home.

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Wisse then allegedly called 911 at 4:58 p.m.to report the shooting.

Velardi was shot inside of the midsection and was found inside of the back of the diminishing degree, Molinelli expressed.

Wisse was being hung on $750,000 safeguard in the Bergen County Jail after criminologists who talked with him late into the night charged him. Wisse was found upstairs with a.38-caliber handgun, Molinelli said.

The matter stays underneath investigation, he stated.

Bergen County Sheriff and Hasbrouck Heights police have been on the scene on the inexperienced multifamily house, which sits on the Lodi border, on the north aspect of Passaic Road, throughout from the Wesmont Station housing improvement.

The prosecutor’s Major Crimes Unit also responded.

One neighbor told The Record newspaper she saw police arrive at the scene with their guns drawn.

Lori Palmieri has lived in the complex next door for 23 years.

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“It’s very quiet”, she said. “Nothing ever occurs right here”.

Homeowner charged in fatal shooting of tenant in Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey home