Motorcycle club member accused of firing gun outside of Sheetz

UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is accused of firing his gun outside of a Lawrence County gas station at complete strangers.

Police say the victims were watching a video of a rap song and the man didn’t like it.

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Union Township Police say the loud music may have set Timothy Adams off and he is now in jail, charged with attempted homicide.

According to police, he is part of the motorcycle club War Dogs and was in town for the weekend for a club party.

Officers told Channel 11 his late night food run to a Sheetz on State Street turned into a fight when he confronted the victims, who are in their early 20s.

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"He looked at the two guys and said something like, 'What, do you think you are gangsters?'" said Mark Julian, chief of the Union Township police department.

According to police, Adams pushed one of the men and the violence spilled out into the streets. Officers said as the suspect and victims were leaving the convenience store, Adams got out of his vehicle and shot twice at the victim's car. One shot connected, but didn’t go all the way through.

"Someone could have been killed," Julian said.

One of the victims took a few hits to the face, but neither was hit by bullets.

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