Center Township Police were dispatched to the scene and and upon arriving found 32-year-old Willie Edward Dawkins lying in the street suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was unresponsive but breathing. Dawkins was air-lifted to a Pittsburgh hospital were he underwent surgery and died Sunday morning from his injuries.

Witnesses advised police that Dawkins had engaged in an argument 29-year-old Wesley Dean Deaderick over a home improvement being   performed by Deadrick for Dawkins girlfriend. Deaderick shot Dawkins during that argument, he pursued Dawkins and a second citizen and continued to fire as they tried to flee. Dawkins was shot again and the second citizen was wounded in the arm.

A criminal complaint was file by Center Township Police and the Beaver County Detective Bureau alleging that Deaderick did commit voluntary manslaughter as a Felony 1, possession of  the concealed firearm as an instrument of crime as  a misdemeanor 1, and reckless endangerment of 3 citizens  including Willie Edward Dawkins, a misdemeanor 2. Deaderick turned himself in for arrest and arraignment  on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.