Cops seek 2 in Bucks 'love-triangle' shooting death
On the front porch of a neat Bucks County home, a balloon waved Monday afternoon bearing the message, "Thinking of You."
On the front porch of a neat Bucks County home, a balloon waved Monday afternoon bearing the message, "Thinking of You."
It's the spot where Edward Dubinsky's body was found last week after what appeared to be a love-triangle killing in quiet Warwick Township.
Authorities said Monday they were seeking two people in the shooting death of Dubinsky, 33 - the township's first homicide in 27 years.
Police said Zannatul "Asha" Naim, described as Dubinsky's on-and-off girlfriend, and Jeffrey Gould, Naim's other boyfriend, were seen by a neighbor outside Dubinsky's home on the 2600 block of Virginia Lane late Wednesday, just after neighbors reported hearing a gunshot.
At a news conference Monday, officials said that they were seeking Naim, 30, for questioning and that they had issued an arrest warrant on homicide charges for Gould, 33, saying both were considered armed and dangerous. Police called for the pair to turn themselves in.
They were last seen Thursday in North Carolina, where they went to the home of a man who knew Gould. There, Gould said he shot Dubinsky after an altercation, the man told police.
No charges are pending against Naim.
"There is much investigative work left to be done," Warwick Township Police Chief Mark Goldberg said.
A shot was heard in the neighborhood around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. A neighbor said she saw a man and woman yelling as they got into a car outside Dubinsky's house just after 11:30 before driving away.
On Thursday morning, a neighbor walking a dog discovered Dubinsky on his front porch in a pool of blood.
Upon searching Gould's apartment, police found a box for a pistol and used shell casings that matched a shell casing found at Dubinsky's home.
Police said Naim had a relationship with Dubinsky, and also was dating and living with Gould. She and Gould had worked together at Fast Capital 360 in Southampton but were both recently fired, police said.
Police believe the pair drove to North Carolina in a champagne-colored Chevrolet Silverado with a New Jersey license plate.
Authorities do not know what precipitated the shooting.
"There was a certain amount of communication and friction back and forth but no explosive event we're aware of," District Attorney David Heckler said.
Police had responded to Dubinsky's house multiple times, Goldberg said, although he would not say why.
Virginia Lane was quiet Monday afternoon. In addition to the balloon, flowers sat on Dubinsky's front porch.
Carol McGee, who moved into a house across the street from Dubinsky last month, said the sound of the gunshot awoke her. She said it sounded like a car crashing into a garage.
Another resident said the street is calm, with neighbors who help each other. "It's rattled us," she said. "It can happen anywhere."
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