BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania point out police say a man who was upset about an argument with his mom drove by way of a group at a fundraiser for victims of a new lethal household hearth, killing one particular human being at the occasion and injuring 17 other people, then returned home and beat his mother to demise.

Police recognized the driver as 24-yr-outdated Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes of Nescopeck, who was arraigned early Sunday on two counts of legal homicide.

Police allege in a felony criticism that Sura Reyes said he argued with his mom at their Nescopeck property Saturday evening and whilst driving as a result of nearby Berwick was “extremely frustrated” and was “tired of combating with his mother, like about cash, and wanted to be completed with it.”

At the time, police mentioned, a group of about 75 people, together with grown ups and compact young children, experienced collected in a blocked-off parking ton in Berwick outdoors the Intoxicology Section bar, which was keeping an all-day fundraising party to gain victims of the Aug. 5 blaze in Nescopeck that killed seven older people and three small children.

Police say Sura Reyes told them he drove earlier the gathering, then turned all-around and headed back again to the bar “to drive as a result of the crowd of folks.” Investigators asked how speedy he drove into the group and Sura Reyes replied “speeding up.”

“Video surveillance gathered by the Pennsylvania Point out Police corroborates Sura Reyes’s assertion that he sped up into the crowd purposefully,” in accordance to the felony complaint.

Geisinger Medical Middle stated it gained 15 clients just after the crash, and five remained in crucial situation while three ended up shown in honest ailment, a clinic spokesperson mentioned Sunday morning. Seven people had been dealt with at hospitals and unveiled.

Trooper Anthony Petroski III told reporters late Saturday that Sura Reyes was not at this time a suspect in the hearth, the lead to of which remains below investigation.

“This is a full tragedy in a local community wherever there’s previously been tragedy,” Petroski mentioned.

Shortly following the crash…