Homicide charges held for court against Hilliards woman
CHICORA — Details surrounding the fatal shooting of a West Sunbury man last month emerged in court during a preliminary hearing Tuesday morning, April 25.
Following testimony of three witnesses, a charge of criminal homicide against Jessica L. Callahan, 19, of Hilliards, was moved forward to Common Pleas Court. Callahan is being held in Butler County Prison without bail.
Callahan is charged in the shooting death of Tyler J. Whitlatch, 31, on March 20.
Members of the Whitlatch and Callahan families crowded the courtroom to hear testimony from law enforcement officials who responded to an incident around 3:15 p.m. at North Washington Rodeo grounds.
According to court documents, a female caller named Jessica had told dispatchers she had shot Whitlatch at a residence on Kohlmeyer Road, Venango Township, and was taking him to the rodeo grounds in Washington Township.
