022717...R HAMAD 1...Warren...02-27-17...Nasser Hamad, left, talks with his attorney Roger Bauer...by R. Michael Semple

WARREN — A Howland man accused of shooting five people, including two fatally, Saturday in the front yard of his 1564 state Route 46 home unloaded the clip of his 9 mm handgun, reloaded and shot two more people, according to an affidavit filed Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Nasser Hamad, 47, was served Monday with a warrant charging him with two counts of aggravated murder and three counts of attempted murder. The affidavit was attached to the warrant.

During Hamad’s arraignment Monday afternoon, Judge Ronald J. Rice set bond at $5 million. Hamad, who pleaded not guilty, has been held at the Trumbull County Jail since his arrest shortly after the shooting began at 4:25 p.m. His right arm was wrapped in a bandage, which defense attorney Roger Bauer said was the result of a broken arm suffered in a fight with one of the victims.

Trumbull County Assistant Prosecutor Chris Becker said because of the double murder charge, the case is a potential capital case.

Rice ordered that if Hamad posts bond, he must remain on house arrest. Becker argued for no bond because of the nature of the charges, while Bauer said his client acted in self defense, pointing out five people in a van drove onto Hamad’s property to fight him.

The case will be presented to a Trumbull County grand jury under a rarely used “Rule 4 arrest warrant” that allows prosecutors to bypass the municipal court level. A preliminary hearing is scheduled March 6 in Rice’s court.

The affidavit describes the following events:

A gold minivan with Florida license plates arrived. The occupants exited and a fist fight began between Hamad and 17-year-old John Shively, one of the gunshot victims. The fight ended and the five went back to their van, which was parked near the apex of the driveway.

According to witnesses, Hamad then went into his house to grab a 9mm handgun from his bedroom. The affidavit said Hamad told police, “I just shot them. I got tired of this (expletive). They have been (expletive) with me for a long time and they shouldn’t have come over.”

Hamad said he unloaded the entire magazine from the firearm. Witnesses said Hamad walked from his front porch to the passenger side of the van firing the gun.

Hamad told police he saw a knife in the van but didn’t see a gun, according to the affidavit.

After returning to the home to reload, Hamad then came back out and encountered an off-duty emergency medical technician who had pulled into the driveway after seeing what he thought was a traffic accident. In a recorded statement to investigators, the EMT said he saw one person bleeding from his mouth and thought that person was involved in an automobile crash.

The EMT grabbed his medical bag and saw Hamad approaching the van. When the EMT asked the man what happened, the affidavit said Hamad responded by saying “I’ll show you what happened” and saw the man reach between his legs appearing to rack a round into a gun. The EMT said the man then shot into the passenger side of the van toward the female driver. As the EMT driver got back into his vehicle, he told police he saw a man wearing pajama pants standing face to face with the shooter right in front of the van’s sliding door.

The EMT heard the man say “you shot my mom (expletive).” The two men did not engage in any physical confrontation, but the affidavit states the man with the gun then pointed it at the man in pajama pants, who was scrambling to get back into the van. The shooter fired three times.

The EMT said he drove his vehicle down the driveway, parked it and ran from the scene.

As the second round of gunfire went into the van, the affidavit states John Shively and Bryce Hendrickson ran away from the vehicle. Shively ran south down the west side of state Route 46, while Hendrickson ran eastbound across all five lanes of traffic on the heavily traveled roadway. Hamad told investigators he was shooting at both men as they were running way.

Based upon numerous videos obtained in the investigation, many vehicles were traveling on Route 46 at the time of the shootings.

Police said the van had numerous bullet holes in it. As officers arrived at the scene, they saw Hamad near the front entrance of his home with a firearm in his hand. He walked into the home, and later came out unarmed with his hands up. Police later found the 9mm handgun, the affidavit states.

The affidavit states that as a police officer was escorting Hamad to a cruiser, they walked past victim Bryce Hendrickson and Hamad shouted at him “that’s what you get, you little (expletive)! How do you like that!”

Hendrickson’s mother, Tracy, who was identified in the affidavit as Hamad’s girlfriend, also was found in the home.

Investigators said they were provided social media conversation between Bryce Hendrickson and Hamad that “essentially boils down to” taunts and threats made by both parties.

In a statement made to police after the shootings, Hamad said he was tired of the social media conversation and told them to come over, admitting to posting his address to them.

“He told them to beep when they got there,” the affidavit states.

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