On Tuesday night we showed video of a person leaving the courthouse who was NOT Ojeda-Rodriguez. We want to assure viewers that the person we showed is not a suspect in a murder case, and we profoundly apologize for the error.

READING, Pa. – A man is behind bars in a double shooting that left a man dead and a woman hurt Tuesday morning.

Police say Melvin Ojeda-Rodriguez, 39, shot and killed a 23-year-old man and wounded a 32-year-old woman at an apartment in the 400 block of West Windsor Street in Reading around 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

Police announced Wednesday that Ojeda-Rodriguez is charged with first degree, second degree and third degree murder, aggravated assault, burglary and related charges. 

Michelle Torres lives nearby, and said she heard gunshots.

“I heard someone screaming ‘Oh, you shot him, you shot him,'” Torres said.

Torres said she came outside, and saw police arrive. She tells us she has talked before with the woman who police said was wounded.

“I used to grow up here, so it was quiet when I was a kid,” Torres said, “and now I have a baby, so now I’m getting a little worried now.”

According to investigators, Ojeda-Rodriguez kicked in a door and broke a window to get inside the apartment. Police said they believe the incident is domestic-related.

“The suspect and the female victim had a prior relationship,” said Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli.

According to police, the woman was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. They tell us Ojeda-Rodriguez turned himself in to police.

“These incidents are all terrible,” Tornielli said. “You know, we hate to see any kind of violence in our city and especially, you know, domestic-related violence.”

The man who police said died has not been identified. A preliminary hearing for Ojeda-Rodriguez is scheduled for Feb. 24.