(Mugshot of Daniel Tweedlie shown above)
Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio News Director. Published March 24, 2023 7:24 A.M.   

(New Castle, PA) A 20 year old New Brighton man who was accused of shooting and killing a Beaver Falls man in New Castle in 2021 has been sentenced to 2 ½ to 5 years in a state prison, with 5 years probation following. Tweedlie was credited 355 days he has already been in jail to his sentence time.
Daniel Tweedlie, of New Brighton, has been in the Lawrence County jail with no bond since his 2021 arrest in the homicide of 21 year old Devon Thompson of Beaver Falls. Tweedlie was reportedly supposed to sell Thompson shoes and a gun before ultimately killing Thompson on Oct. 24, 2021. Thompson’s mother passed away of a heart attack 5 months after his death.
Tweedlie is said to have used a “Ghost” gun, which are untraceable guns sold in parts online. Tweedlie had a past conviction of illegal possession of a firearm by a minor when he was 17 and was not allowed to have a gun at the time of the shooting. He was 18 when he was arrested for the shooting.