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Shootout Victim Laid to Rest

Investigators still have not said who fired the fatal bullet that killed Marie Zienkewicz at the Jefferson on the Creek Apartments last Tuesday.

Friends and family gathered at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church Wednesday morning for the Funeral Mass of Marie Zienkewicz.

Zienkewicz was killed in the crossfire during an alleged firefight between her neighbor and Warminster Police at the Jefferson on the Creek Apartments Tuesday. 

Still no word on who fired the fatal bullet that killed Zienkewicz.

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Investigators wrapped up at the apartment complex last Wednesday. They told KYW Newsradio that the results of their investigation would not be available until later this week at the earliest.

Zienkewicz’s neighbor, Andrew Cairns, is currently being held at the Bucks County Correctional Facility on bail of 10 million dollars. , but prosecutors said he could be facing homicide charges as well, depending on the results of the investigation.   

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A preliminary hearing for Cairns is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 28 in Magisterial District Judge Daniel Finello’s Warminster courtroom.


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