The man responsible for the brutal killings of a father and stepson over the weekend has been captured by police.
The disgruntled neighbor identified as Jason Pass, 47, was casually driving around Brooklyn early this Wednesday morning when police got a hit on his license plate and performed a traffic stop. At some point, things took a violent turn. Law enforcement sources said he was shot by police after he charged at cops with a knife during the traffic stop. Pass was rushed to a local hospital and is currently listed in critical condition, according to the NYPD.
As the news site notes, Pass was identified by law enforcement on Monday as the criminal who shot 47-year-old school bus driver Bladimy Mathurin and his 27-year-old stepson, Chinwai Mode over an argument about a loud noise. The brutal murders were captured on surveillance video.
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As we previously reported, the incident appears to be the result of a yearslong dispute over noise complaints between the neighbors.
The family called the suspect psychotic, saying he would constantly complain about noise when they weren’t making any. On Sunday, they say he confronted the family yet again, but this time he pulled out a gun.
In the police recovered surveillance footage, that shows the gunman, who resides on the third floor of the apartment complex on Brooklyn Ave., show the moment he storm upstairs to confront his neighbors over the noise. Although the clip has no sound, you can see an argument between the victims and their disgruntled neighbor which eventually spills into the hallway. At one point, Mathurin retreats into his home, and comes back out with scissors, according to police. Seconds after, the gunman take out a gun and unleashes a spray of bullets on the father and son.
Mathurin’s wife Marie Delille who is now a grieving widow, spoke with CBS and said she couldn’t believe it got this far. She said, “This man hates us with every bone in his body,” speaking of her neighbor Pass.
Recalling what happened, she said, “I was in the kitchen, doing dishes in the sink, I heard bang bang bang. I asked did anybody make noise? The kids be like, no Mommy, nobody made noise. My husband banged back. The man came upstairs and kicked the door,” Delille said. She added “My husband had no gun, no weapon. Why did you bring a gun to shoot my family? Why would you bring a gun to tear my family apart? Why? Why?” Delille said.
According to the New York Daily Post Pass had very a short-lived career as a correction officer at Sing Sing Correctional Facility located in Westchesterz. According to Department of Corrections and Community Supervision spokesperson, Thomas Mailey, he and was terminated in 2005.
The troubled man was also fired from the department in June of that same year and month. Apparently, around that time he allegedly pulled a pistol on two plainclothes police officers in a road-rage incident on Ralph Ave. in Flatlands, Brooklyn.