Credit: Falls Township police
A homeless man was convicted this week for a 2019 Falls Township shooting.
A jury at the Bucks County Justice Center on Thursday convicted Thomas Ronald Zorrer, 39, of two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of attempted homicide, felon not to possess a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, and possession of an instrument of crime, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
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The verdict came after a four-day trial before Bucks County Judge Brian T. McGuffin.
Sentencing for Zorrer was deferred to a later date.
According to police, Zorrer shot a man in the ear after he stepped up to warn him not to fire a handgun during an argument between Zorrer and his girlfriend at a residence at the Bel-Aire mobile home community on Old Bristol Pike in the Morrisville section of Falls Township in February 2019.
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The man who was shot survived, but the district attorney’s office said he still reports having hearing problems.
Zorrer also struck the man who was shot with the gun.
“Be a man,” Zorrer reportedly told the gunshot victim.
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Zorrer and his girlfriend fled the Falls Township home. He then was arrested by authorities in Penndel Borough, police said.
The 9mm handgun used was described as being pink or purple.
Zorrer has numerous previous arrests in Bucks, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. He has been convicted of harassment, burglary, simple assault, access device fraud, and other crimes over the past 15 years. The felon, who has previously lived in Levittown and Philadelphia, also has been hit with probation violations in Bucks County.
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According to court records, Zorrer was prohibited from possessing a firearm at the time of the shooting.
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