A mother of nine who was fatally shot by her ex-husband, a New Jersey police officer, as their young daughter watched will be laid to rest Monday.
The funeral mass for Tamara Seidle, 51, will be held at noon at Holy Spirit Church in Asbury Park.
Phillip Seidle, 51, was off-duty on June 17 when he fired several shots into a car driven by his ex-wife, and then put the gun to his head and started pacing as authorities got the couple's daughter out of his car, prosecutors said. Phillip Seidle then fired several more shots through the front windshield of his wife's vehicle, prosecutors said.
He held the gun to his head and kept police at bay for nearly 30 minutes before he surrendered, prosecutors said.
Tamara Seidle was taken to a hospital, where she died a short time later. No other injuries were reported in the shooting.
Seidle has served on the Neptune force for 22 years. The couple's divorce was finalized late last month, and authorities said the shooting apparently was spurred by an ongoing child custody dispute. Their children range in age from 7 to 24.
In her divorce complaint, Tamara Seidle claimed her husband physically abused her. She said there was no documentation of the incidents but that there was "police intervention."
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Seidle is charged with murder, child endangerment and a weapons offense stemming from Tuesday's shooting in Asbury Park. If convicted of murder, he could face a life sentence.
He is being held on $2 million cash bond and has been ordered to have no contact with his nine children or his former wife’s family.
