RINGWOOD — Local and county law enforcement officials are pointing fingers over how Seth Gunar was allowed to keep his guns despite his history of heavy drinking and belligerent behavior, the Record reported.

Gunar shot Chris Coogan, a houseguest, and then himself in his Cupsaw Drive home Feb. 3.

Before he moved to Ringwood, Gunar had a history with the Mahwah Police, prompting them to seek a court order to revoke his firearms-purchaser identification card. Mahwah Police notified Ringwood Police about their concerns when Gunar moved there, but officials there assumed the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office would handle it.

Ringwood Police Chief Bernard Lombardo said Gunar “slipped through a couple of cracks.”

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