Pregnant Wife Of Soldier In Iraq Shot In Head

ChannelCincinnati ^ | November 16, 2004

[TERMINATTOR]

Police: Suspect Said He Wanted To Kill Someone

WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania man is charged with shooting the pregnant wife of a soldier in Iraq, just because -- according to police -- he wanted to kill somebody.

Police said Noel Gomez (pictured, left), 19, shot the woman late Sunday night.

Julia Cook, 21, of New York, remains hospitalized at a hospital in York. She is listed in serious condition after being shot in the head with a shotgun.

Cook's husband is currently serving in Iraq.

Gomez said he didn't know the victim, but was just was looking for someone to kill, according to court papers.

Gomez had his hands and legs shackled as police brought him before a district justice Monday. Police said Gomez, a ninth-grade York city dropout, told them he was planning on shooting and killing someone.

When he saw Cook, who is six months pregnant, walking to her car in the parking lot of a Giant supermarket in West Manchester Township, Gomez allegedly opened fire with a shotgun. Gomez allegedly told police it was his intent to kill her.

"It makes absolutely no sense. There was a real danger of him continuing this beyond what happened (Sunday) night," York County District Attorney Stan Rebert said.

About six hours after the shooting, the suspect's car was spotted a few miles away at a motel along Route 30. Rebert credited York County Detective Matt Millsaps with finding it.

"He just took it upon himself to look at every parking lot and motel, and he nailed him," Rebert said.

According to the York School District, Gomez dropped out of the ninth grade in 2003. A spokesperson said Gomez didn't attend much school.

Rebert said the suspect reminds him of serial killer Mark Spotz. He said if the victim does not survive her injuries, he will seek the death penalty for Gomez.

[armyboy]

Gomez said he didn't know the victim, but was just was looking for someone to kill

this piece of shit needs to die. and die very painfully.

[WifeMotherDaughterSister]

Is the lady still pregnant or did she miscarry?

Bless her heart, and her poor husband, the time to get to her must be excruciating.

There was a thread on here earlier that reported that a soldier was killed in Fullijah just hours after his son had been delivered.

[willyboyishere]

Just when did this lowlife thug invade my country?Or was it his parents who invaded my country? Is it too much to ask to get rid of these people and send them back to their countries of origin before they do us in completely?

[uglybiker]

With people like this I'd go for the death penalty even if the victim survives.

Once the inmate population finds out who he is and what he's done, a life sentence could be shorter than a death sentence.

[valleygal]

Praying for this soldier's wife. Dear Lord, spare her and the baby.

[Jackknife]

Keel-hull him!!!!!

[bd476]

It would be interesting if the ACLU sued his local school district for failing to educate him, for failing to provide in-school mental health screening and services and for failing to teach him right from wrong. /sarcasm

It seems that the ACLU will make allowances for everyone these days.

[sheik yerbouty]

The answer behind this atrocity is yet to be known.

[ahayes]

Actually, I thought of a fair way to handle it. You do to him exactly what he did to her. Get a shotgun, back off to whatever distance he shot her from, and shoot him in the head. If he dies, oh well, if he survives, he can then serve a jail sentence.

[trussell]

Prayer ping.

My prayers going up for this victim and her family. Lord, we pray for a complete recovery for this woman. Restore her health...we ask that she has no ill effects from this violent act. Protect the baby she carries, and comfort her husband. In Jesus' precious name. Amen

Blessings,
trussell

If you want on/off my prayer ping list, please let me know. All requests happily honored.

[Alamo-Girl]

I join in prayer for this woman and child and all the loved ones!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Offering my prayers

[Ros42]

Was Jose Padilla, muslim? (the one who had the dirty bomb?)

[Ros42]

This is absolutely sickening! My prayers for this lady and her unborn child!!! My prayers for her husband in Iraq who must be beside himself!!! Lord please heal her and save their baby!!!

[chinkshady]

big prayer ping

[oceanperch]

No my guess is he'll have some scumbag lawyer use the mentally retarded low IQ defense and have him put in a mental institution only to be deemed safe and returned to society.

My prayers that the victim and her child recover miraculously.

God I pray she has no long term severe brain damage that burden her in caring for the life she carries.

To bad the gun didn't misfire into his brain, being a penniless creep he would spend the rest of his days in a run down nursing home and learn about human dignity the hard way.

I am not pro death penalty but in cases like this I see the death penalty as self defense and according to the Catholic Church death caused by defending ones life is self defense.

[oceanperch]

Parents???? Don't think this psycho had much parenting let alone parents.

Probably the product of a crack addicted woman who left her son to rot and a nameless sperm donor.

I like Newt Gingrich's idea about bringing back Christian orphanages at least kids would have a chance to be stable producive members of society.

My son had a few educators from his high school days over for a social visit and they said the kids now a days are just little psychopaths with no idea of right or wrong. No parenting. So much for the Sex, drugs and Rock and Roll generation who selfishly brought kids into the world but did not bother being parents.

I have hope though that the kids that do survive idiot parents become Christian valued conservatives and turn things around.

[CDHart]

Prayers going up for this woman -- may God watch over her and heal her and protect her baby, in Jesus' name.

Carolyn

[Chieftain]

Just let the husband escort to his 'life without parole' cell and leave him there for 'orientation' for about 2 hours.

[faithincowboys]

One wonders why the MSM is paying so little attention to this evil crime.