A 53-year-old Pennsylvania man is in custody after being arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of two men and a dog Saturday night in Pylesville, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.
Pennsylvania State Police took the suspect into custody two hours after the double homicide just before 9 p.m. ET Saturday. Investigators believe he shot and killed Timothy Wayne Witherite, 62, and David Joseph Octavec, 70, as well as a family dog, the sheriff’s office said in a Sunday news release.
Harford deputies responded to the 1700 block of Scott Road, less than half a mile from the Pennsylvania-Maryland border, at about 8:49 p.m. ET Saturday for a report of two people being shot, and found the men suffering from gunshot wounds to their upper bodies, according to the release. Both Pylesville residents died at the scene.
