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Alleged Pa. House Hotel Shooter Has Outburst in Court

Shawn Nafeese Duell, 20, was removed after a tirade.

The alleged gunman in the of a Phoenixville teenager in the parking lot of The had an outburst in court on Tuesday afternoon during a hearing related to a separate shooting he committed in Pottstown, according to The Mercury.

Shawn Nafeese Duell, during testimony related to his April 15 shooting of a Pottstown man and his mother–both of whom survived–was ordered from the courtroom by Judge Edward Kropp after going on an expletive-laden tirade.

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While the prosecuting attorney argued that his bail should not be lowered, citing his involvement in a separate shooting, Duell, according to the report, rose and began screaming that his charge in the Phoenixville shooting was assault rather than murder.

“I didn’t do (expletive),” he reportedly yelled, before being transported back to Montgomery County Correctional Facility, where he’s been held since his

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