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Man charged in fatal Ellwood City shooting

An Ellwood city man has been charged with homicide in the Thursday night shooting death of a person at the Ellwood City Forge.

State police in New Castle charged Timothy A. Woods, 31, with homicide, firearms not to be carried without a license and recklessly endangering another person. His preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 26 before District Judge Jerry Cartwright Jr.

Ellwood City Police responded to the shooting at the manufacturing facility and found a 36-year-old male from Fombell dead from an apparent gunshot wound, according to media reports.

The incident took place inside the facility around 6:30 p.m., and Woods was arrested in North Sewickley Township in Beaver County after fleeing the facility on foot, according to media reports.

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