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My grandpop recently passed away and my heart is broken Some bastard murdered him they took him away from me and my family I love you grandpop and I know you are in heaven I miss you Did his war on druggies cost cop s dad his life He s found beaten to death at home By DAVID GAMBACORTA amp CHRISTINE OLLEY When the sun first filled the sky each morning Dario Gutierrez shuffled out of his beige stucco rowhouse with a broom in hand He would promptly go to work sweeping his three small steps and the area in front of his fenced in yard with the speed and urgency of a man on a mission When his first task was finished Gutierrez 79 would stroll through his Fairhill neighborhood and survey his surroundings He would beam at the three story red and orange brick homes that the city built across the street from him several years ago and cast a disdainful eye towards the local drug dealers who gathered on his corner and threatened to derail any progress this blighted area had made During his daily strolls Gutierrez s family said he would stop to offer words of wisdom to youngsters at a nearby playground He would even open his home and wallet to people he knew were down on their luck usually donating a couple of bucks or a quick meal to ease their troubles At night he would be back on the streets patrolling the area in cars with more than a dozen other seniors in a feisty town watch group But the positive energy and good will that Gutierrez generated in his community was forever snuffed out earlier this week when someone bludgeoned the kind hearted elderly man to death in his home on Mascher Street near Somerset He was found dead in his living room on Tuesday by two of his daughters police said Neighbors had last seen him alive on Sunday quot This is a 79 year old man who was slain in cold blood for no reason quot Chief Inspector Joe Fox said yesterday quot He was very active in trying to lead his neighborhood in a fight against the drug activity especially on this corner quot Gu
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