( CNN ) -- Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a town supervisors ' meeting in eastern Pennsylvania , officials said Monday night . Earlier , Pennsylvania State Police said four people were killed , but later revised that number . The shooting broke out around 7:30 p.m . ET at the Ross Township building in Saylorsburg , about 75 miles north of Philadelphia , Monroe County Emergency Management Director Guy Miller told CNN . Police identified the suspect as Rockne Newell of Saylorsburg . Newell was among those shot and was being treated at Pocono Medical Center Monday night . Police said exactly how he was shot is under investigation . State police Lt. Robert Bartel said Newell had an ongoing dispute with officials involving the condemnation of his property and issues with his sewer . Bartel said it 's not clear whether Newell knew any of the victims shot . Ross Township 's three-member Board of Supervisors meets the first Monday night of the month at the township 's municipal building . Monroe County Commissioner Suzanne McCool said it was `` the quietest township in Monroe County . '' `` They are never in the newspaper , '' McCool said . She said she knew of no controversial issues before the supervisors . `` They are the only township in Monroe County that has n't had a tax increase in many , many years , '' she said . CNN 's Rick Martin contributed to this report .
Police identify the suspect as James Newell of Saylorsburg . Authorities say he had an ongoing dispute with officials about his safety . The police push the death toll back to seven . A commissioner calls the township ` ` the quietest township in Monroe County ''