Pennsylvania man, 83, allegedly fatally shot roommate after argument over dog: DA

An 83-year-old Coatesville, Pennsylvania, man faces homicide expenses after allegedly taking pictures and killing his roommate after an argument over a canine.

Chester County District Legal professional Deb Ryan’s workplace mentioned Uley Hines was arrested and charged with first- and third-degree homicide, possession of an instrument of crime and possession of a weapon.

In keeping with the allegations, the Coatesville Police Division responded to a residence on Graham Avenue in Coatesville at about 8:40 a.m. Saturday for stories of a taking pictures.

When officers arrived, they discovered the sufferer, later recognized as 61-year-old Keith Boggs, on the entrance steps and unresponsive.

Boggs appeared to have one gunshot wound in his higher left chest space, police initially reported, and didn’t have a pulse.

Contained in the residence, officers heard the one different occupant, a juvenile feminine, screaming as emergency crews responded to the scene.

Officers additionally noticed a bloody shoe print a couple of ft from the entrance door, together with drops of blood.

Boggs was taken to an space hospital the place he was in the end pronounced lifeless.

Investigators spoke to the 911 caller who mentioned he heard two gunshots earlier than seeing the ft of the sufferer on the bottom.

Detectives reviewed video footage exhibiting Hines and Boggs on the residence simply earlier than the taking pictures.

When investigators spoke to a witness later that afternoon on the Coatesville Police Station, the witness mentioned Hines lived on the residence with Boggs, one other roommate and her baby.

The witness instructed investigators that she was studying her Bible within the entrance front room of her residence when she overheard an argument between Boggs and Hines over a canine.

She then heard Boggs take the canine up the steps and into the residence earlier than listening to two gunshots, adopted by Hines saying, “I instructed you to cease f—ing with me.”

After that, the witness instructed investigators, she heard Boggs fall to the bottom.

An post-mortem discovered that Boggs sustained three bullet wounds — one on the left facet of the chest, one on the appropriate facet of the chest, and one on the appropriate arm.

Hines was arrested, and whereas on the police station, he was seen carrying a blue hat, blue flannel and tan pants.

“This was a mindless crime that has left a group grieving,” Ryan mentioned. “Gun violence stays a devastating epidemic throughout the nation, and we ship our deepest condolences to Mr. Boggs’s household and buddies. Our workplace will do every thing in our energy to carry the defendant accountable for this loss.” 

The investigation is ongoing, and anybody with details about the case is inspired to contact Coatesville Detective Carmen Mollichella, 610-384-2300, or Chester County Detective Steve Parkinson, 610-344-5684.