Sentencing For Police Officer Who Gunned Down Ex-Wife In Asbury Park Last Summer Postponed

The sentencing date for former Neptune Police Officer Phillip Seidle - who shot his ex-wife 12 times on an Asbury Park Street in June 2015 - has been postponed until Sept. 29, a spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said.

Seidle pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the shooting in March and one count of endangering the welfare of a child. Seidle murdered her mother in front of her, authorities have said.

The suspended police sergeant did say in court that he fired 12 bullets into the windshield and driver’s window of his ex-wife’s car. He said his ex-wife interfered with the custody of their children during the three-and-a-half years they were separated, according to app.com.

The morning of the shooting Seidle said he drove past the marital home and saw a car with Georgia license plates.

“I just found out this guy I thought she might be dating was from Georgia, and I saw the plate was from Georgia," he said during his plea. “I called Tammy and I asked her again if this guy was staying there, living with her, and she told me it was none of my business," he said.

Seidle said he soon found out from one of his daughters that the man had been living there for about two weeks.

He avoided a murder charge and the prospect of life in prison without parole with his guilty plea..

A pre-sentence report was not completed in time for an earlier sentence date, according to app.com.