The Lengthy Island dad gunned down in a Marriott resort throughout Household Weekend at upstate Marist Faculty was within the foyer simply grabbing a cup of espresso and preparing to take a look at when he was killed, horrified neighbors advised The Submit on Tuesday.
“He went up for fogeys’ weekend. That’s the way it occurred, he went to the foyer to get espresso, to take a look at. Mistaken place, unsuitable time,” Ken Farrell, the next-door neighbor of slain dad-of-three Paul Kutz, advised The Submit from his East Northport dwelling.
Kutz, a 53-year-old accountant, was within the foyer of a Courtyard by Marriott resort in Poughkeepsie on Sunday morning when he was allegedly shot and killed by Roy Johnson, 35, who opened fireplace after entering into an argument with resort workers.
Johnson had been staying on the resort together with his buddy Devin Taylor, who was additionally arrested in reference to the taking pictures and charged with two counts of weapons possession.
Kutz, who neighbors known as a “nice man,” has three sons – a pair of twins who beforehand graduated from Marist Faculty and the boy who's attending the college now.
“He’s lively in the neighborhood and we’ve misplaced a superb man,” Farrell, 74, mentioned of the sufferer. “He coaches children in basketball. He’s a CPA, he had his personal agency. At all times serving to out, answering any questions, making an attempt to assist individuals.
“He’s salt of the earth, taking part in ball on his garden together with his children. Fantastic man. Nice father. I talked with him three or 4 occasions per week. He’d regulate our home once I’m away. I’m shocked and upset. All of us are.”
Farrell, a retired Nassau County police officer who was beforehand shot within the line of obligation, known as rising crime “a tragedy for all Individuals.”
“Now we have loads of good legal guidelines however recidivism, drug habit, it’s a curse!” Farrell mentioned.
“It begins with politicians making an attempt to curry favor with a bunch of criminals and all of us find yourself paying the worth.”
Johnson, who was charged with homicide in reference to the taking pictures, beforehand did time upstate for theft and housebreaking and was launched on parole in August 2018, state jail data present.
Taylor additionally did time in jail for housebreaking and was launched on parole in Could 2019, the data present.
The boys have been apparently homeless and residing out of a room on the resort and had been smoking a PCP-like substance earlier than the taking pictures, law-enforcement sources advised NBC.
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