patching...
Welcome back, Patch Blogger!

Memorial Constructed Outside Pathmark for Victims of Shooting

Pathmark remains closed, but mourners are visiting the site to pay tribute to the victims of the Old Bridge shooting.

 

A makeshift memorial has been created outside of the Pathmark in Old Bridge, to remember the lives of Cristina LoBrutto, 18, and Bryan Breen, 24, who were both shot down last week by fellow Pathmark employee Terence Tyler.

Friends, family and supporters of LoBrutto, Old Bridge and Breen, Laurence Harbor have laid flowers, candles and posters at the scene to show support for the victims of the workplace shooting.

A large sign with the words "In Memory of Cristina & Bryan" covers the once-shattered windows of the Old Bridge supermarket.

A vigil for LoBrutto and Breen was held just hours after the shooting at Old Bridge High School, of which both were graduates. LoBrutto had not yet began her first college semester at Brookdale Community College. Breen was enrolled in Middlesex County College.

Funeral services for Breen will be held this morning at the Old Bridge Funeral Home, immediately followed by a burial at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. 

Services for LoBrutto will be held Thursday at 10 a.m., at St. Ambrose Church in Old Bridge, immediately followed by a burial at St. Gabriel Cemetery in Marlboro. A viewing is scheduled for Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., at the Hegarty funeral home.

Related Topics: Bryan Breen, Cristina LoBrutto, Old Bridge Public Safety, Pathmark, Terence Tyler, and old bridge news

andy

7:17 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012

My prayers go out to the family and friends of two young dedicated A&P workers, shot down and killed without cause in the beginning of their adult lives. This is the saddest day in the 153 year history of A&P. Senseless killings are a part of life, and we should all be mad as hell. Thankgoodness the store wasn't open. Just think how many more innocent victims could have been shot and killed inside the store.

Reply
Comment_arrow

michael pike

9:50 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012

your prayers are welcome but could you have at least got the store correct. it was a pathmark not an a&p. some people just amaze me!!!!!

Paul M

10:27 am on Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Technically A&P and Pathmark are part of the same company, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Also Food Emporium and Waldbaums in NY. so Andy was not that far off base, mr. Pike. See http://aptea.com/our-company

Reply

Karen Mangione

7:20 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012

And the important , heartfelt part of his message was sincere. Don't be so insensitive.

Reply

Leave a comment

 

The Howell Patch
Valentine's Shopping Guide

See the full guide!

Patch Picks