An Elizabethtown man charged with shooting a man to death outside his home will have his case proceed to county court following a preliminary hearing earlier this month.

Judge Frank Ember ruled March 31 that the case of Bradley Dean Yinger, 27, could proceed to the Court of Common Pleas on one count each of criminal homicide, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer and terroristic threats, two counts of recklessly endangering another person, a single count of simple assault, two counts of driving while under the influence and five summary traffic offenses.

Yinger is accused of shooting 24-year-old Tyler Halbleib in the chest on the front porch of their shared residence in the first block of Beech Lane shortly before midnight the evening of March 7. Halbleib ultimately died of his injuries less than two hours after being shot after another resident in the home and first responders attempted life-saving measures.

An eyewitness told police Yinger had been drinking and began arguing with others inside the home when he retrieved a handgun from his car and fired a shot at Halbleib, knocking him to the ground. Yinger then fled the scene in a car, the eyewitness said.

Footage from a doorbell camera outside the residence depicted Yinger arguing with Halbleib for about 15 minutes while armed with the handgun, at times waving it in the air and pointing it at Halbleib before he fired a single shot and drove away. Yinger could also be heard on the footage threatening to “put guns on” Halbleib before he fired the weapon.

Minutes after the shooting Yinger crashed his vehicle into a tractor trailer near an East Donegal Township intersection while fleeing law enforcement. Police recovered two firearms from inside Yinger’s vehicle, one of which was a handgun of the same caliber as the shell casing found at the scene of the shooting.

Yinger remains in Lancaster County Prison without bail due to the severity of the offenses.

Elizabethtown Borough Police Officer Edward Wengiel filed the charges.

Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Lapp will prosecute the case.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.