{"id":248276,"date":"2026-07-21T05:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248276\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T05:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:25:07","slug":"erie-police-charge-city-man-in-shooting-that-wounded-man-dog-on-poplar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248276\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie police charge city man in shooting that wounded man, dog on Poplar"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 58-year-old man riding a moped in a west Erie neighborhood the late evening of July 14 was shot<\/a> multiple times by a person who was driving the victim’s rental car, Erie police detectives charge in a criminal complaint filed July 17.<\/p>\n

The accused shooter, 30-year-old Todd C. Wiley, of Erie, was apprehended by police on the late afternoon of July 17 in the area of West 18th and Chestnut streets and was arraigned that night by Erie 1st Ward District Judge Christine Rush on charges in the shooting of the victim in the 2900 block of Poplar Street, according to Erie police arrest records and court records.<\/p>\n

Police charged Wiley with offenses including attempted homicide and felony counts of aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure and carrying a firearm wihtout a license in the shooting.<\/p>\n

Wiley remained in the Erie County Prison July 20 on $100,000 bond in the shooting case, according to court records. A lawyer for Wiley was not listed on his criminal docket sheet July 20.<\/p>\n

What happened in the shooting?<\/p>\n

Erie police detectives accuse Wiley of shooting the 58-year-old man multiple times as the victim was riding a moped in the 2900 block of Poplar Street on the late evening of July 14. The shooting was reported at 11:13 p.m., and officers who responded to the area found the victim laying under a moped with its lights on, according to police and information in Wiley’s criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

The victim was taken to UPMC Hamot and was last listed in critical condition, according to police.<\/p>\n

Police also learned that gunshots also hit an occupied house on the block, and one of the bullets went into the house and struck a dog, investigators reported. Police said they collected 14 spent rifle casings in the street about 30 feet from where the victim was found.<\/p>\n

The dog was taken to a veterinarian for treatment, one of the investigating detectives said.<\/p>\n

More: Erie man accused of firing shots in eastside neighborhood July 4<\/a><\/p>\n

Detectives located surveillance video they said showed a silver sedan traveling south on Poplar Street when it stopped, the driver got out and began firing gunshots toward the victim on the moped. The driver then got back into the car and fled south, then east on West 32nd Street, according to information in the complaint’s affidavit of probable cause.<\/p>\n

Police found additional video that better identified the vehicle as having out-of-state plates, and they learned the victim drove a silver rental car with out-of-state plates. On the morning of July 15, the car was found<\/a> in a driveway on Walnut Street, and through other video police determined Wiley was driving it shortly before the shooting, detectives wrote in the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Investigators said they additionally used GPS data to track the vehicle’s locations before, during and after the shooting.<\/p>\n

An investigator said July 20 in response to a question of how Wiley came to be driving a car rented to the victim that police were still investigating the connection between the two.<\/p>\n

Police served a search warrant on Wiley’s residence on the late afernoon of July 17, and during the search found a rifle with two drum magazines. The gun is consistent with a firearm capable of firing the type of ammunition matching the shell casings found at the scene, according to information in the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Wiley is tentatively scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing July 31, according to court records.<\/p>\n

Contact Tim Hahn at\u00a0thahn@usatodayco.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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