On the early morning of May 10, 2020, 40-year-old Anthony Bertolini was found dead in the driveway of a residence at 449 Skipperine Road in Cochecton, New York. Deputies responded about 1:05 a.m. after a 911 call reporting a shooting and discovered Bertolini seated in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with a fatal gunshot wound; the Sullivan County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

A female witness at the house told investigators Bertolini had arrived to visit. Detectives say 76-year-old resident John McArdle emerged with a long gun and fired a shot through the vehicle’s windshield that struck Bertolini. Two other men inside the home initially barricaded themselves but later surrendered. A search warrant executed at the home recovered three rifles and a handgun.

McArdle was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and four counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon related to a prior felony conviction; he was arraigned and remanded without bail. Authorities have described the incident as isolated; the motive remains under investigation.

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