Hearings continued for men charged in 2003 California shooting death
Preliminary hearings for two men charged with the 2003 shooting death of a California man were postponed today. State police said Howard Edward Irwin Jr., 39, of Charleroi and Michael Duncan, 34, of Amherst, Ohio were each arrested Friday at their homes.
The third suspect, John Ira Bronson Jr., 54, is currently serving a federal sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pa. for drug-related charges and has yet to be arraigned for his role in the Feb. 3, 2003 shooting death of John Lynn Newman, Washington County District Attorney Steve Toprani said.
Police said Newman’s daughter found her father’s body in his car a half block from his home while she was on her way to school the morning of Feb. 4, 2003.
Read Josh Krysak’s story in tomorrow’s Herald-Standard for full details.