MONESSEN, Pa. (AP) – Police believe a man fatally shot his estranged wife and wounded his brother before taking his own life in a shooting at a western Pennsylvania residence.
Westmoreland County detectives and Monessen police say the shooting early Monday, shortly after midnight, appeared to be a murder-suicide.
Police were not immediately releasing the names or ages of those involved.
The Westmoreland County coroner’s office has been called to the scene.
The alleged shooter’s brother was being treated in a Pittsburgh hospital.
Police investigation two early morning shootings
PITTSBURGH, PA – The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is investigating two shootings in Zone 6.
At approximately 12:20 a.m., there was a 911 report of a male who had been shot in the 2700 block of Glenn Mawr Avenue in Sheraden. Officers arrived to find a Black male on the sidewalk who had been shot in the chest and buttocks areas. Paramedics took him to AGH where he is in critical condition.
Another shooting victim, a White male, walked into AGH and is reported to also be in critical condition. Police are investigating if the two shootings are related.
In addition to multiple shell casings, three firearms were found at the scene. One car was also struck by gunfire.
A white SUV was seen fleeing in the direction of Carson Street.
Female student, 18, found dead in Waynesburg dorm
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) – A female student has been found dead in her dorm room at a private, Christian college in southwestern Pennsylvania.
The Greene County coroner and Waynesburg University have yet to release the name of the student or other information surrounding the circumstances of her death Sunday.
The coroner’s office says the student is not from western Pennsylvania. Her name was being withheld until her family could be contacted.
Waynesburg police are investigating.
The coroner’s office and the school say they have nothing new to report Monday. It wasn’t immediately clear when an autopsy would be conducted.
The school located about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh has about 1,400 students.
Trial to open on officer’s illegal stun gun charge
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A jury was hearing opening statements in the trial of a western Pennsylvania police officer charged with violating a suspect’s civil rights by repeatedly zapping him with a stun gun, even after he was handcuffed.
Suspended Millvale Officer Nicole Murphy doesn’t dispute she used the stun gun on Thomas Jason James Smith after his arrest for public drunkenness in September 2012. The 30-year-old officer contends she was justified in using it because she was trying to stop Smith from banging his head on a desk and office cubicle.
The FBI began investigating after someone leaked a 52-second cellphone video of the incident to Pittsburgh-area media outlets in early 2013.
Smith has already settled a lawsuit against the tiny borough outside Pittsburgh for $35,000.
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