Off topic - Local contractor shot to death 4 doors up fom ou

Forgive me for posting this here but the Family of Steve Willow and all involved in this need your prayers this morning. Steve was a local contractor that I knew. Details are sketchy right now but it looks like a former employee shot him to death this morning. He was working on his apartment building just four doors up from our home in Liverpool, Pa. I was late getting up this morning but Amy and Gary heard the shots. The state troopers chased the man down U.S. 11&15. The guy shot a trooper through the windshield of his cruiser and then killed himself near Duncannon, Pa. The trooper is in the Penn State Hershey Medical Center in critical condition. The trooper's name is Ron Colyer. I know that in a big city this is not uncommon but Liverpool is a small, close community in the country. Please put the families all of these folks in your thoughts and prayers. So terrible and so close to the holidays.

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Eric "nighthawk"

It's a great day for fly fishing!


[This message has been edited by nighthawk (edited 09 November 2005).]

Prayers for all involved. So senseless, so destructive.



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He Knocks. You Only Have To Ask.
Joe

Had I risen with my alarm I would have walked out the door to go hunting and right into the middle of this. If I would have gotten the chance I might have taken the shooter down. Soldiers's instinct is hard to supress.

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Eric "nighthawk"

It's a great day for fly fishing!

Eric;

We will pray for all involved.
As an old soldier you should know it could have been you getting shot also. It missed you for a reason. Now put the what if's out of your mind and do something to help the living. The others are in better hands.

Your family will need to get through this.
I know; it happend to my family when I was in 1st grade my next door neighbor was shot in my front yard and killed. And again when I was in the 4th grade one of my playmates was abducted and murdered she was so little. It takes time to get over. Remember I said get over (you never forget)

You are in the prayers also.

Harold

Eric,

Is the Trooper's dad or a relative also named Ron Colyer and a retired trooper himself? I know a retired trooper by that name; but, don't know if he has a child named Ron too. Prayers with him and the family of the deceased neighbor.

nighthawk,
Try to accept the fact that someone bigger than both of us didn't want you involved, so HE saw to it that you rose late.
I'm glad you weren't involved.

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He Knocks. You Only Have To Ask.
Joe



[This message has been edited by loteckjoe (edited 09 November 2005).]

I don't know the name of trooper Colyer's father but both father and a brother were state troopers.
Please forgive me as I didn't mean to alarm you folks. I have a fatalistic attitude but I don't take foolish chances. However, given the chance I would have acted. A long time ago I came face to face with my own mortality in the seat of a scout helicopter. The Air Cavalry mental state is that when other folks are in dire straits we rush into the fight. The ground troops called us "Ugly Angels". If the chance to save another soul meant our own death then so be it. At least our death would have counted for something to someone. Just so hard to ignore those instincts to act on the behalf of others.
By the way, Steve Willow and his wife had no children. They built a big house in the country and used it to bring exchange students to the United States. Steve was a great loandlord and will be badly missed in Liverpool and Millerstown, Pa.
Thanks for all the prayers.
Harold, they say God gives his most worthy the toughest test. You must be at the top of the most worthy list. We will pray for the families and do our best to help them.

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Eric "nighthawk"

It's a great day for fly fishing!

Here is a link to the story:
[url=http://www.wgal.com/news/5286063/detail.html:6c842]http://www.wgal.com/news/5286063/detail.html[/url:6c842]

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Eric "nighthawk"

It's a great day for fly fishing!


[This message has been edited by nighthawk (edited 09 November 2005).]

Eric, It sounds like from the news early this morning Steve was a great guy. I am sure he will be missed by many. I will say a prayer for his friends and family. It also sounds like the State Trooper will be ok fortunatley. It is a same this guy had to shoot the trooper before taking himself out..

Bill from PA

I'm so sorry that this happened to your friend, and to your community.