UPDATE, June 20, 2019:

On Wednesday, all of the charges against Robert Alan Hedrick were dropped by the York County District Attorney's Office during a pre-trial conference at the York County Court of Common Pleas, according to online court dockets.

A nolle prosequi document filed by the prosecution states that following a judge's order to suppress some of the evidence in the case, there was not sufficient evidence to meet the burden of proof in the case.

"Our position was it was a self-defense case from the beginning," Hedrick's lawyer, Chuck Hobbs, said Thursday. "It was a domestic dispute and he (Hedrick) discharged the firearm to protect the other people in the domestic dispute."

Hobbs said he was appreciative of the prosecution's decision.

"It took them a little while but I think they were very reasonable in the way that they looked at the case," he said.

PREVIOUS REPORT:

Police have charged a Lower Windsor Township man in connection with the shooting of his girlfriend's parents during a domestic dispute early Sunday morning at a home in Lower Windsor Township.

Township police arrested Robert Alan Hedrick, 21, of the 400 block of Bull Run Road, charging him with two counts of aggravated assault in the shootings of Kimberly and Matthew Forney, according to a news release.

Hedrick, along with girlfriend Morgan Forney and her parents, were drinking when the four had an altercation and a handgun was passed to Hedrick, who opened fire, court documents state.

Hedrick was arraigned on the charges Monday morning and was later transported to York County Prison on $250,000 bail. He has a preliminary hearing before District Judge John H. Fishel scheduled for Oct. 5, according to online court dockets.

Hedrick was dating the Forneys' daughter, Lower Windsor Township Police Sgt. James Thomas said Monday.

Thomas added that he had not received an update on the medical conditions of the Forneys.

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What police found

Lower Windsor Township Police said they were sent to a home for a domestic-related double-shooting at 12:40 a.m. Sunday in the 1700 block of Winters Road. It's a wooded, winding road dotted with houses.

Once there, police found Kimberly Forney suffering from a gunshot wound to her lower leg and Matthew Forney suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper chest area.

Police took Morgan Forney and Hedrick to their headquarters for questioning.

"Both of these individuals denied any knowledge of how the shooting occurred or who was responsible," documents state.

On Sunday afternoon, Morgan Forney told investigators about the altercation between the four, which began with Hedrick and Matthew Forney "grappling" in the backyard, documents state.

Hedrick told detectives that at some point during the altercation, Kim Forney retrieved a .357 handgun from her bedroom and then struggled with her husband, documents state.

"She (Kim Forney) handed the weapon to Morgan who in turn handed it to Robert (Hedrick)," documents state. "Robert stated that he was standing on the 4th step of (a) stairwell when he fired 4 shots downwards in the direction of Matthew and Kim, ultimately striking both of them."

Numerous agencies assisted Lower Windsor Township Police in the investigation: the York County District Attorney's Office, York County Forensic Team, Hellam Township Police, York Area Regional Police and York County SPCA.

West Manchester Township Police were also on the scene late Sunday morning.

Contact Ted Czech at 717-771-2033.