Marines facing charges after shooting up a New Jersey Church

Marine, ex-Marine arrested for shooting up historic Ridgewood church, police say
NJ.com
By James Kleimann
NJ Advance Media
January 13, 2015

SWAT teams executed a search warrant on the Ridgewood home of Alex Norrell, who is accused of shooting up a historic church with another man on December, 26, 2014.
(Myles Ma | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

RIDGEWOOD — Ridgewood police say they've captured the two men responsible for shooting up Old Paramus Reformed Church in late December.

Active duty Marine Joseph Galli, 21, of Somerville, and former Marine Alexander Norrell, 22, of Ridgewood, are facing weapons and criminal mischief charges for allegedly carrying out the shooting, which left more than 30 bullets throughout the 200-year-old church. The damage toll was estimated at more than $50,000.

The church was unoccupied when the shots rang out on the day after Christmas, but the event disturbed congregants, neighbors and parents of children at a nearby daycare facility.

"While this matter is still under investigation, we wanted to provide information of these arrests to hopefully provide some level of comfort for our community which has been understandably shaken by this event," Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward said. "To help further alleviate any further concerns it should be said that there are no other suspects believed to be involved in this incident."
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