A Somerset County woman was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend while she was picking up her cats at his home Sunday evening, state police said Monday.

Jamie McVicker

Jamie McVicker, 41, of Boswell, was charged with homicide in the death of Brittney Kyle, court records state.

Also shot was Tyrell Ferguson, who went with Kyle to the home in the 500 block of Rolling Hills Road with Kyle at the home.

State police in Somerset said Ferguson called them at 11:12 p.m. Sunday asking an officer to come to a home in the 500 block of Rolling Hills Road.

While talking to police, Ferguson and Kyle were shot, court records say.

Ferguson told police Kyle brought one cat out to the car, and when she went back to the house to get the second, he heard her screaming "Help, help."

He said he heard the first shot go off after she got into the vehicle. After she got the car started, he said he heard a second shot, and Kyle collapsed.

Police said they found three Winchester rifle casings inside the house - two in the kitchen and one in the chamber of the rifle, which was found on the first floor of the house.

Kyle was found shot in the throat in the driver's seat of her vehicle in a wooded area near McVicker's home. Ferguson was grazed in the abdomen.

McVicker was arrested at 12:15 a.m. Sunday at a home in Davidsville.

McVicker's father told police Jamie McVicker called him around midnight and said he had been involved in a shooting with Kyle and her boyfriend.

He said his son told him "not to go down to the farm and that he was just going to end it all."

McVicker was also charged with attempted homicide, aggravated and simple assault, reckless endangerment and possessing an instrument of crime. He is in Somerset County prison without bail.