Baldwin Man Charged With Fatally Shooting Penn. Man

By Timothy Bolger Posted on September 8, 2015

Nathan Barnwell

An accused gunman has been arrested for allegedly killing a 39-year-old Pennsylvania man in the suspect’s hometown of Baldwin over Labor Day weekend, Nassau County police said.

Nathan Barnwell was charged with first-degree manslaughter, criminal possession of a weapon and tampering with physical evidence.

Homicide Squad detectives alleged that the 45-year-old suspect fatally shot Winfield Gillespie on Woodoak Drive at 12:50 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5.

The victim died at a local hospital four hours later. Barnwell will be arraigned Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.