PITTSBURGH (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man awaiting trial in one 2013 slaying has been ordered to stand trial in a second shooting death in which his attorney says he acted in self-defense.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (https://bit.ly/1BEi46o ) reports that 20-year-old Ashanti Montgomery is charged in Allegheny County in the death of 37-year-old Lou Auer in the courtyard of an East Liberty apartment complex in January 2013.
Police said Montgomery told them he intervened in a fight between some friends.
Defense attorney Owen Seman argued Friday that the case was self-defense and questioned the timing of the charges. Prosecutors said they were filed after additional information came to light about the defendant’s statements.
Montgomery is scheduled for trial next month in the slaying of 16-year-old Deondre Pace three days before Auer was killed.
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Information from: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, https://www.post-gazette.com
Pennsylvania’s transit ridership falls, bucking US trend
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – All aboard? Not in Pennsylvania.
The American Public Transportation Association says the state is bucking nationwide increases in public transit ridership.
The association’s annual ridership report Monday shows drops by 2 percent in Philadelphia, 1.2 percent in Pittsburgh and 4.1 percent in Johnstown.
There were smaller drops in Reading and Williamsport and slight increases in Harrisburg and Beaver County.
The association also reported a 67 percent jump in ridership, from 802,000 to 1.3 million, on Amtrak’s Keystone Service between Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
Across the U.S., the association says public transportation ridership reached the highest level in 58 years, with 10.8 billion rides.
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