Cape Breton shooting, standoff, mars holiday Son accused of shooting mother's boyfriend 5 times BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer A28-year-old township man has been charged with the attempted murder of his mother's boyfriend in their Cape Breton home on Sunday. Richard Stanek remained in the Ocean County jail as of press time Tuesday and was held in lieu of $500,000 bail with no 10 percent option, said Brick Police Lt. John Rein. Kevin Kreiss, 54, was in critical but stable condition at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, Monday. He was shot five times in the abdomen with a .44-caliber pistol, Rein said. The incident began around 3:30 p.m., when a resident called police to report what sounded like gunshots and ended after a ninehour standoff with police, he said When officers arrived and spoke to the resident, he wasn't sure which house the sound had come from. Officers searched the neighborhood and found nothing, Rein said. But half an hour later, police received a call from Kreiss. He told police he had been shot five times and was in the kitchen of the home at 39 Van Ness Ave., Rein said. "He was able to stay on the line with the dispatcher and say who the suspect was and give us a description of what occurred," he said. "The victim said the shooter was still in the house." Officers from the Brick Police Department's Special Emergency Response Team entered the home around 4:40 p.m. and were able to rescue Kreiss. The officers on the team were Sgt. Keith Reinhard and patrolmen Frank Mauro, Jason Matthews, Brian Ulman and Michael Miller, Rein said. "They knew the suspect was on the second floor," he said. "They didn't go in after the suspect until they had stabilized the scene." Kreiss was airlifted by helicopter to Jersey Shore. Brick police then called for additional help from the Ocean County Northern Regional SWAT team. "We did call for additional sharpshooters from additional departments," he said. Negotiators had phone contact with Stanek for hours, first through his cell phone, then the house phone and through bullhorns. Nancy Mazzarella, Stanek's mother, left a message on the answering machine but got no response. Mazzarella was not home at the time of the shooting, Rein said. Stanek told police he wasn't coming outside, Rein said. "He acknowledged their presence, but he wasn't giving in," he said. Officers used a grenade launcher to fire multiple tear gas canisters into the home around midnight, but Stanek did not come out, Rein said. "That is quite a bit for a small home," he said. When Stanek did not come out, officers fired more tear gas into the home then entered the house. Stanek was found in an upstairs bedroom under a bed. "He didn't resist, but he wasn't compliant," Rein said. "They had to physically raise the bed and handcuff him." First-aid personnel washed Stanek's eyes out with water, then took him to Ocean Medical Center to be examined, he said. He was then brought back to police headquarters. State Superior Court Judge Wendell Daniels in Toms River set the $500,000 bail, Rein said. By press time Tuesday, police still had not searched the home because it had to be aired out from the tear gas, he said. Several houses in the neighborhood were evacuated and roads closed during the lengthy standoff. Mayor Daniel J. Kelly was on the scene for part of the time. "I thought the police department did an outstanding job," he said. "They were extremely professional and knowledgeable. They obviously had a plan and stuck to the plan."