In the early morning hours of a December Sunday in 2014, the life of 40-year-old Ty Daniel Kimble of Montoursville, Pennsylvania, came to a tragic and violent end. Kimble, a male, was found deceased along Warrensville Road in Loyalsock Township, the victim of a gunshot wound.
The events of that night unfolded after what police described as a physical altercation between Kimble and his girlfriend, Sherri Scarantino, inside a vehicle.
Authorities were alerted to the situation when Scarantino herself placed a 911 call. By the time state troopers arrived at the scene, they discovered Kimble's body on the roadside. He had managed to exit the car after being shot. An autopsy later confirmed that a gunshot wound was the cause of death.
In the immediate aftermath, Scarantino was taken into custody for questioning but was subsequently released. The investigation continued for months, with state police shutting down a section of Warrensville Road to search for evidence. Search warrants revealed that Scarantino admitted to shooting Kimble, claiming it occurred after they had gotten into a fight.
According to Scarantino's account, Kimble had been thrown out of a bar and she had picked him up. She alleged that an argument ensued in the car, during which he began hitting her in the face. Scarantino stated that she retrieved a gun from the dashboard and shot Kimble as he was choking her. After being shot, Kimble fell from the vehicle and was dragged for several hundred feet.
Ultimately, in November 2015, the Lycoming County District Attorney announced that no homicide charges would be filed against Sherri Scarantino. The prosecutor concluded that she had acted in self-defense and that her use of deadly force was justified, as she reasonably feared for her life. While she was not charged with homicide, Scarantino was sentenced in April 2016 to 36 months of probation for carrying a firearm without a license. This decision was met with protest from Kimble's family, who started a petition seeking criminal charges.
