LI PHARMACY KILLER DAVID LAFFER 'A JUNKIE COWARD'

FERGUSON, TACCETTA AND MEJIA

THE SLAUGHTER at Haven Drugs was so brutal even veteran cops were sickened by its senselessness. When accused killer David Laffer walked into the drug store Sunday, "his .45-caliber handgun did the talking" according to the New York Daily News.

Prosecutor John Collins said: "He did not announce a robbery. He simply shot first. This defendant is charged with what I would call the most cold blooded robbery homicide in Suffolk county history. He came back behind them and simply executed them by shooting them in the back of the head." Seven bullets and four people were dead in the shocking bloodbath. Laffer, a 33-year-old pill popping army vet, was in court yesterday for a bail hearing. He and his co-conspirator wife, 29-year-old pillhead Melinda Brady were busted Wednesday. Cops say they were both strung out of their heads.

Victim Jaime Taccetta's uncle James Fegel yelled at the scrawny accused killer: "You're a coward for what you did to those families."
Jaime's brother James added: "I think the whole family should be prosecuted. I'm just glad he was held without bail. He'll never see the light of day. He's a coward and a junkie."
Cops believe Laffer murdered pharmacist Raymond Ferguson, 45, first then clerk Jennifer Mejia, 17, followed by customers Taccetta, 35, and Byron Sheffield. 

COPS: DAVID LAFFER IS LONG ISLAND PHARMACY KILLER

COPS IN New York arrested today the man they believe is responsible for the Long Island pharmacy massacre on Father's Day. David Laffer, 33, and his wife Melinda Brady were busted by heavily armed cops Wednesday. Described as quiet, one pal told the New York Daily News that Laffer and his wife was had pain pill problems. He had recently lost his job and drug plan. On Sunday, a man walked into a family-owned pharmacy in Medford and executed two employees and two customers. There were no signs of a struggle.
Friend Joanna Martino said: "This past weekend Melinda was trying to find out if anyone knew what hospital she can go to to get a scrip for pain pills." The arrests following an intense three-day manhunt
that had triggered terror on Long Island.
A witness to the arrest said: "They used a battering ram on the door and less than two minutes later they walked a young man out," Spano said. "He walked right by me. He was cuffed behind his back. He looked withdrawn, like a skull. He looked like death. He looked like there was nothing in him. He didn't say a word."

David Laffer was arrested this morning at his Medford home. Inset: Laffer at an Islanders hockey game in 2006.