ID of Police Officer Who Killed Bystander Revealed in Court

The police officer who in February shot Marie Zienkewicz, 89, identifies himself in court.

The police officer who killed an 89-year-old neighbor of the man involved in a shootout with police at a Warminster apartment complex in February has identified himself in court.  Warminster officer Sean Harold said at a preliminary hearing on Thursday for Andrew G. Cairns that he was the one who shot Marie Zienkewicz during the February incident, according to a story on PhillyBurbs.com. Thursday's preliminary hearing, however, centered around a murder charge against Cairns.  "Harold testified that he saw a door open and someone reaching out as if possibly pointing a handgun. So he fired four shots, one of them hitting and killing Marie Zienkewicz," the story said.  Warminster Patch stories indicate the incident began around 4 p.m. Feb. 19…

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LISTEN: 911 Calls From Night of Warminster Police Shooting

The Bucks County District Attorney's Office released portions of Deborah Silva's 911 call during the alleged shootout between Andrew Cairns and Warminster Police at the Jefferson on the Creek apartment complex.

Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler said Deborah Silva was on the phone with a 911 operator during the time the fatal shot was fired that struck and killed her neighbor, 89-year-old Marie Zienkewicz.  Heckler said Silva called police that evening to report that her boyfriend, Andrew Cairns, had locked himself in his bedroom and fired two shots from his pistol.  According to Heckler, that call turned into a 27 minute conversation between Silva and a 911 dispatcher, with the fatal shot that killed Zienkewicz being fired by police around 17 minutes into the call.   "Listening to the tape of that communication, of Ms. Silva who is obviously intoxicated in one way or another, is one of the most maddingly, frustrating experiences I have…

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Confusing Addresses Cited in Accidental Police Shooting

The Bucks County District Attorney says a 'perfect storm of events' led to the tragic police shooting of 89-year-old Marie Zienkewicz.

Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler said that the accidental shooting by police of an 89-year-old Warminster woman was partly caused by the the non sequential door-numbering system at the apartment complex where she lived. Heckler said that when Marie Zienkewicz opened her door Feb. 20 to help her neighbor during a shootout at the Jefferson on the Creek Apartments, police believed it was the gunman emerging from his apartment. Heckler said the apartment numbering system utilized by Jefferson on the Creek, coupled with a low-light situation, led police to fire at Zienkewicz in what he called "a tragic mistake." Related Content:

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DA to Discuss Jefferson on the Creek Shooting

The results of the investigation into the shooting death of 89-year-old Marie Zienkewicz will be disclosed during a press conference Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown.

The Bucks County District Attorney will hold a press conference Thursday afternoon to discuss the results of the investigation into the shooting death of Marie Zienkewicz. Zienkewicz, 89, was killed in the crossfire during an alleged firefight between her neighbor and Warminster Police at the Jefferson on the Creek apartment complex in late February. According to court documents, Zienkewicz's neighbor Andrew Cairns, fired upon police as they were responding to a call from his girlfriend, reporting that he was attempting to commit suicide. Warminster Police Chief Michael Murphy said the responding officers returned four rounds of fire. Murphy said that somewhere in the exchange of gunfire, Zienkewicz was hit by a bullet and died in her …

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Shootout Victim Laid to Rest

Investigators still have not said who fired the fatal bullet that killed Marie Zienkewicz at the Jefferson on the Creek Apartments last Tuesday.

Friends and family gathered at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church Wednesday morning for the Funeral Mass of Marie Zienkewicz. Zienkewicz was killed in the crossfire during analleged firefight between her neighbor and Warminster Police at the Jefferson on the Creek Apartments Tuesday.  Still no word on who fired the fatal bullet that killed Zienkewicz. Investigators wrapped up at the apartment complex last Wednesday. They told KYW Newsradio that the results of their investigation would not be available until later this week at the earliest. Zienkewicz’s neighbor, Andrew Cairns, is currently being held at the Bucks County Correctional Facility on bail of 10 million dollars. He faces several charges, including attempted murder and aggravated …

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Services for Shootout Victim on Wednesday

Marie Zienkewicz, 89, was devoted to her faith and her family.

Marie E. (nee Wade) Zienkewicz, of Warminster, died tragically at her residence Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. She was 89. Mrs. Zienkewicz was the beloved wife of the late Stanley R. Zienkewicz; the loving mother of Stanley R. and his wife, Connie, Donna M. Burke and her husband, Gary, Lynnanne T. Gies and her husband, Bill, and Kevin P. She also is survived by seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Eleanor Keane. Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing from 8:15 to 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Campbell and Thomas Funeral Home, 905 Second Street Pike, Richboro. Recitation of the rosary will be prior to her funeral Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church at 10:30 a.m. Her interment will follow in Holy Sepulchre …

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No Bullet Recovered In Autopsy, Coroner Says

Bucks County Coroner Joseph Campbell said Marie Zienkewicz, 89, was shot 'through and through' and no bullet was recovered from her body.

No Bullet Recovered In Autopsy, Coroner Says

Bucks County Coroner Joseph Campbell said Marie Zienkewicz, 89, was shot 'through and through' and no bullet was recovered from her body.

The Bucks County Coroner’s Office has completed the autopsy of the elderly neighbor killed in the crossfire during Tuesday’s shootout at the Jefferson on the Creek apartment complex. According to Coroner Joseph Campbell, Marie Zienkewicz, 89, was killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest. He said the bullet entered Zienkewicz’s back through her right shoulder blade and exited through the left side of her chest.  “She was shot through and through,” he said Friday afternoon. “We did not recover a projectile.”  Zienkewicz was killed during a shootout when Andrew Cairns alegedly opened fire on Warminster police, who were responding to a domestic call at his apartment Tuesday. The police returned fire before Cairns barricaded himself inside…

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