David Lee Fleetwood, 62, was killed on August 5, 2013, at a Ross Township municipal meeting held in the Ross Township Municipal Building. Fleetwood, an Air Force veteran from Saylorsburg who had retired from IBM and served as Chestnuthill Township Supervisor and Ross Township zoning officer, was reportedly shielding a woman when Rockne Newell opened fire. Fleetwood was fatally wounded in the attack.

The shooting also killed Gerard J. Kozic, 53, and James LaGuardia, 64, both of Saylorsburg. Newell, then 59, was subdued at the scene by two civilians and taken into custody; he was arraigned on charges of criminal homicide. Fleetwood’s family and the local community remembered him for his generosity and public service.