A neighbor who said she’d been friends with McCartney for several years said, “His suffering is over.” The woman, identified only as Mia, said she talked daily to McCartney, whom she described as “a kind man.”
Mia told reporters she believed he was “pushed over the edge by being tormented by kids and other people.” She added, “I don’t think he would hurt a fly. He just wanted to be left alone.”
Mia revealed that McCartney had struggled for years after witnessing his school-aged son get hit and killed by a car while riding a bike. “I saw Gary go downhill,” she said. “He went from this happy-go-lucky guy to this sad, depressed [man], feeling alone. I believe he is with his son now. His suffering is over.”
, an armed Pennsylvania man who had barricaded himself in his trailer home was shot and killed by police. Authorities identified the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, as 62-year-old Gary Lee McCartney.){kind=link}