James Pietragallo

He had a 42-year law enforcement veteran.

He said, it's something I could have done without for the remainder of my career, but it did happen.

He said it was the worst he's ever seen.

He'd had to bring in his entire department to respond.

He said, literally, no, there was not another cop in town for anything.

He said, if you called our dispatch, they would send somebody from another jurisdiction.

They would ask for help because we didn't have any cops left.

He said, it's a horrific situation and we're not used to dealing with it.

I want to assure the town that we are safe.

Your department is safe and we're going to continue on.

Everybody's fine.

So they have a vigil for everybody.

Um,

The reverend said four people are dead, two of them are elderly, killed by a young man who is known and loved by them.

We do not understand this.

I'd like to join the congregation on this one in the I don't understand this congregation.

Certainly, yeah.

I'm in the pew.

Amen, brother.

I don't know what else to say.