Man charged with neighbor’s murder after ‘firing AR-15 30 times’ as ‘someone was blowing smoke into house with a straw’

A PENNSYLVANIA man is accused of killing his neighbor by shooting into their house as many as 30 times with an AR-15.

Yousuf Bahal, 31, was arrested on murder charges after allegedly killing his next-door neighbor's girlfriend, 35-year-old Samantha Hill, in East Lansdowne.

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Hill, a veterinary technician, was reportedly killed when Bahal started shooting through the apartment's window.

Official reports say police found Bahal standing outside of his home holding the AR-style rifle.

After his arrest, Bahal claimed his next-door neighbor was sneaking into his home and using a straw to blow smoke into his house through an air conditioner, according to police records.

However, reports that there may actually have not been any issues between the neighbors, and police are looking into Bahal's mental health.

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It's unclear if Bahal, who does have a license to carry, was intoxicated at the time.

“We just kept hearing four rounds of what sounded like firecrackers or something and then we realized it had to be gunfire of some sort,” Morgan Zartman told

Bahal faces first and second-degree murder charges and is being held without bail.

He is set to appear in court on March 5.

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