Hometown Remembers Victim of Gilbertsville Shooting

Friends and family are mourning the loss of a former Holmdel, NJ, resident.

Joseph Shay, 43 of Yarmouth, MA, and New York, NY, in a house in rural Montgomery County outside Philadelphia.

The , led police on a and was killed Monday by SWAT team gunfire after a in Delaware County.

Police began a hunt for a suspect after finding five people had been shot at a residence at 50 Renninger Road in Gilbertsville, Douglass Township, around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday.

On Sunday, the victims in Saturday's shooting were identified as Paul Shay and his wife, Monica, Joseph Shay, Kathryn Erdmann and her 2-year-old son, Gregory.

According to a report by the Associated Press, Joseph Shay is Paul Shay's nephew. 

Joseph Shay and Gregory were shot in the head and killed. 

Gregory's mother and Joseph Shay's girlfriend, Kathryn Erdmann, 37, of Fall River, MA, was shot in the head, as were the Renninger Road house owners Paul Shay, 64, and Monica Shay, 58, of New York, NY. 

By Tuesday evening, 18 Holmdel friends had posted affectionate farewell messages on Joseph L. Shay's webpage vowing they would miss him. 

One message, from Barbara Shay Sigsbury, said, "Sleep peacefully, Joe, we will all miss the incredibly sweet, loving man you had become. So much life was ahead of you. My heart aches.-love, your aunt barbara."

Shay graduated from Holmdel High School in 1986.