BREAKING NEWS-TWO DEAD IN POTTSVILLE

MURDER SUICIDE IN POTTSVILLE
　
TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD TODAY IN AN APPARENT MURDER SUICIDE. AROUND LUNCHTIME, FRANK MANGANIELLO OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN SHOT HIS ESTRANGED GIRLFRIEND 49 YEAR OLD SANDRA PUCCI IN THE LOT AT THE SOCIAL SECURITY BUILDING AT 22ND AND WEST MARKET STREETS. PUCCI APPARENTLY WAS GOING TO HER CAR AFTER WORKING AT WAYMART FOOD STORE. MANGIANELLO FLED EAST ON MARKET STREET WITH POLICE IN PURSUIT. EYEWITNESS STEPHANIE LOZADA RECOUNTED WHAT SHE SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW AT THE GARFIELD DINER:

STEPHANIE LOZADA

MANGIANELLO WAS THOUGHT TO BE HOLED UP INSIDE THE CHURCH, BUT AFTER POLICE AND A SWAT TEAM ENTERED THE BUILDING, THEY FOUND HE HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE WITH A GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD. PUCCI WAS LIFEFLIGHTED TO LEHIGH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE DIED. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT MANGANIELLO HAD A DOMESTIC CASE PENDING AGAINST HIM INVOLVING PUCCI. COUNTY CORONER JOSEPH LIPSETT PRONOUNCED MANGANIELLO DEAD AT THE CHURCH, AND THEY TOOK HIS REMAINS TO SCHUYLKILL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH WHERE AN AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED.