Man Allegedly Shot Girlfriend's Dad Then Fled The Scene: Reports

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA — A Montgomery County man is now sitting behind bars on $1 million bail after he was charged by police with criminal attempted homicide and other charges following an incident in which he allegedly shot his girlfriend's dad after an altercation, according to media reports and court records.

Erik L. Marchese, 33, of Pottstown, is facing numerous charges in connection with the shooting, which was reported to have taken place early last week at the home of his girlfriend's family in West Conshohocken.

The website More Than The Curve reported that Marchese, who was living with the girlfriend's family at the time, got into an altercation with the woman's father earlier in the day on July 13, and then later returned to the home and became embroiled in a follow-up confrontation with the man, at which time he shot the victim in the leg.

Marchese then reportedly left the scene, fleeing through numerous Montgomery County towns before ultimately surrendering to police at the Wawa on Trooper Road in Lower Providence Township, according to the news story.

A court records search for Marchese shows that he was actually charged in two separate cases in connection with the same incident — one docket sheet shows charges relating to the shooting incident and in the other he is being charged with a misdemeanor count of eluding a police officer.

In the other docket sheet he is facing a total of three felony counts and five misdemeanor counts stemming from the shooting incident.

Records show that Marchese was arraigned before Magisterial District Court Judge Maurice H. Saylor on July 14 on the first set of charges.

The defendant was sent to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility after failing to post bail $1 million set by the judge.

The More Than The Curve story reports that the victim was initially treated at a local hospital for the gunshot wounds to his leg and was expected to soon be transferred to a rehabilitation facility.

The charges relating to the shooting itself were lodged by the West Conshohocken Police Department while the fleeing and eluding charges were initiated by the West Norriton Township Police Department, court records show.

A preliminary hearing for the shooting charges has been scheduled for July 25 before Judge Saylor while the second set of charges will be addressed during a hearing before Magisterial District Judge Marc Alfarano on Aug. 1, according to court records.