Charges were held for Monroe County Court against Joseph J. Quattrochi, the father of the Wawa shooting suspect Andrew Quattrochi, who was charged in the death of 17-year-old Garrett Gearhart.

The preliminary hearing for Joseph Quattrochi, 54, was held last week before Magisterial District Judge Kristina Anzini of Stroudsburg.

The prosecution showed multiple video surveillance footage from several cameras inside and outside the convenience store in Stroudsburg, as well as a camera from the parking lot of the nearby Westgate building at Dreher and Main.

Detective Emily Raymond of the Stroud Area Regional Police Department testified about the defendant’s actions at the hearing:

The evidence showed Joseph Quattrochi arrived at the Wawa store just before 8 p.m. with multiple family members and associates. The people included his sons Andrew, Christian, a 5-year-old son and several of their friends.

In total about nine males and four females were present. The group operated at least five different vehicles.

As the group was leaving the store parking lot, two of the vehicles were in the process of exiting the lot when they had brief contact with three of the victims walking toward the store. Neither group had prior contact with the other. The brief contact was described by Raymond as a “negative interaction” and involved a beeping car horn and exchange of insults.

The Quattrochi vehicles left the Wawa lot by its various exits, heading to Stroudsburg Cemetery to visit the grave of Joseph Jr., a deceased son of the defendant, on the anniversary of his birthday. The Westgate camera picked up Joseph driving down Dreher to the cemetery. The occupants of that vehicle included the armed homicide defendant Andrew Quattrochi, police said. Other vehicles of the group are seen stopping and pulling into the Westgate lot in view of Wawa. The cars wait as several more of the group’s vehicles, including Joseph’s truck, arrive. The truck pulls up alongside one of the waiting vehicles and a conversation occurs.

According to police: The Quattrochi vehicles then head back to Wawa. Acting in unison, some, including Joseph, park in the back, others along the side. The cameras show the coordinated action. The first group of four males, including Andrew, enter Wawa together and immediately attack one of the boys, punching him and knocking him to the ground. As they continue, another group of four males enter the store and join in attacking the single victim.

Garrett is seen trying to help his friend and is in turn attacked by the group. Joseph Quattrochi enters the store and proceeds to walk into the center of the attack, positioning himself alongside Andrew Quattrochi.

Garrett is seen being thrown to the floor, landing out of the cameras’ view behind the cold food item kiosk. It is there, while he lies on his stomach, with his back toward Andrew Quattrochi, that he is shot in the back by Andrew, according to police.

As the Quattrochi group begins fleeing, Joseph Quattrochi hangs back, waiting for them all to exit before he leaves. The attack inside the store takes less than 60 seconds. The footage outside shows them all scrambling into the various vehicles and pulling out. By 8:19 p.m. they have all driven away. Andrew Quattrochi is in Joseph Quattrochi’s truck fleeing. At that time, within minutes of the shooting, Andrew Quattrochi texts a friend, telling her that he “just shot and killed some kid.”

Anzini held all charges to court, including aggravated assault (as an accomplice in the assault on the surviving victims), riot, reckless endangerment (10 counts), endangering the welfare of children (for involving his minor son in a violent assault), hindering the apprehension of another and tampering with evidence.

His bail was continued at $500,000, and the defendant remained incarcerated.

The investigation remains ongoing and could involve criminal charges against others involved in the attack.