Search Continues For Suspect In Montgomery County Shooting Spree That Killed 6

Authorities in Pennsylvania continued searching late Monday for a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her family members in a morning shooting spree throughout Montgomery County.

The shooter, identified as Bradley William Stone, 35, of Pennsburg, was still on the loose as of Monday night. He is wanted in connection with the shootings, which happened in three separate locations in Montgomery County, about 40 miles north of Philadelphia.

Police say they recovered a cellphone and car belonging to Stone, who had been in court fighting with his ex-wife over custody of their two children.

“As I stand here right now, we do not know where he is,” Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said at an evening news briefing, according to The Associated Press.

The search for Stone was contained to locations in Souderton and Pennsburg, Montgomery County for most of the day Monday. At 8 p.m., a possible sighting was reported in Doylestown, Bucks County. Authorities there, using helicopters and thermal imaging, also called for K-9 units. Meanwhile, authorities in Pennsburg and Doylestown asked residents to shelter in place.

Authorities say Stone shot his ex-wife, Nicole Hill Stone, in the early morning hours Monday at her residence in Lower Salford Township. Her two children, who were taken from the scene by the gunman, are safe, 6ABC reported.

Stone is also suspected of killing Hill Stone’s mother, Joanne Hill, and grandmother, Patricia Hill, as well as her sister, Patricia Flick, her sister’s husband, Aaron, and their 14-year-old daughter, Nina. The Flick’s 17-year-old son, Anthony, was also shot and airlifted from a shooting scene in Souderton, according to NBC10.

Stone is described as 5’10”, 195 pounds, with short hair. He is currently clean-shaven and is known to use a cane or walker to assist him, according to authorities.

Stone, a military veteran, may be wearing military fatigues, in either sand or green color. Stone should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities warned. The Morning Call reported he sought treatment for PTSD after being honorably discharged from the Marines in 2011.

Throughout the day, authorities cautioned Pennsburg residents to remain indoors with their doors locked. Area schools were placed on lockdown and dismissal times were delayed due to police activity.

The shooting spree began in Souderton, where three victims were shot at around 3:30 a.m., authorities said. The shootings victims in Lansdale, seven miles away, were located just before 4:30 a.m. Police were notified of the scene in Lower Salford, where Stone’s ex-wife lives, shortly before 5 a.m.

A neighbor in the Pheasant Run apartment complex in Lower Salford where Stone’s ex-wife and the couple’s two daughters lived told the Intelligencer she could hear the children screaming, “I want my mom” during the time of the gunshots.

The last known sighting of Stone was around 5 a.m., when he dropped off the girls at a neighbor’s house in Pennsburg, NBC10 reported.

Area schools were placed on lockdown Monday as a result of the police activity. All Pennridge schools were placed on lockdown and dismissal was delayed at Upper Perkiomen schools.

A ”shelter in place” that was in effect at Souderton Area School District was lifted at 10:45 a.m., the district said on its website.