Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntyre was shot and killed Monday by a suspect wanted on a probation violation. A Tarrant officer was also shot and killed in Brackenridge following an hours-long manhunt across Allegheny County. A suspect in a double shooting was shot and killed by Pittsburgh police near the intersection of Brushton Avenue and Mohler Street in Allegheny County around 7 p.m. Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns said at a briefing Monday evening. Around 2 p.m., police encountered a wanted suspect in the Brackenridge-Tarrentham area, Kearns said at an earlier conference. Police chased the suspect in the area for several hours. Around 4:15 p.m., a Brackenridge officer encountered the suspect in the 800 block of Third Street. The beating was followed by two shootings — one that the suspect encountered on Third Street and the other several blocks away on Brackenridge Avenue, Kearns said. McIntire was shot and died at the scene. Another officer suffered a leg injury and was taken to a local hospital. The second officer is in stable condition. Allegheny County Dispatch reports that first responders were initially in the area of Brackenridge Avenue and Morgan Street near Tomson Scrap Metal. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 encountered a SWAT team in the area of Prospect Street and 6th Avenue. Kearns said police are looking for Aaron Lamont Swann, 28, of Duquesne in connection with the shooting. Following the shooting, Swann fled in a stolen car on Pacific Avenue, Kearns said. According to Kearns, the suspect and the stolen vehicle were located in the Lincoln-Leamington neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The police found the car and tried to stop it. Swan crashed the car and got out and ran into a nearby wooded area. The suspect allegedly fired a shot at officers as he attempted to flee the wooded area. Officers returned fire, striking Swann, who died of his injuries at the scene. A Pittsburgh officer suffered minor injuries. Five guns believed to have been used by Swann in the incident have been recovered. Four were recovered in Brackenridge and one in Homewood-Brushton. Several roads in Brackenridge were closed in response. Several nearby departments have also dispatched police units. Kearns says Allegheny County police are still actively investigating.
Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntyre was shot and killed Monday by a suspect wanted on a probation violation. A Tarentum officer was also shot and wounded in Brackenridge following an hours-long manhunt across Allegheny County.
The suspect was shot and killed in a double shooting by Pittsburgh police near the intersection of Brushton Avenue and Mohler Street around 7 p.m., Allegheny County Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns said at a news conference Monday evening.
Around 2 p.m., police encountered the wanted suspect in the Brackenridge-Tarentum area, Kearns said at an earlier conference. Police chased the suspect in the area for several hours. Around 4:15 p.m., a Brackenridge officer encountered the suspect in the 800 block of Third Street.
The foot chase was followed by two shootings — one the suspect encountered on Third Street and the other several blocks away on Brackenridge Avenue, Kearns said. McIntire was shot and died at the scene. Another officer suffered a leg injury and was taken to a local hospital. The second officer is in stable condition.
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Allegheny County Dispatch reports that first responders were initially in the area of Brackenridge Avenue and Morgan Street near Tomson Scrap Metal. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 encountered a SWAT team in the area of Prospect Street and 6th Avenue.
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Kearns said police are looking for Aaron Lamont Swann, 28, of Duquesne in connection with the shooting.
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Following the shooting, Swann fled in a stolen car on Pacific Avenue, Kearns said. According to Kearns, the suspect and the stolen vehicle were located in the Lincoln-Leamington neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The police found the car and tried to stop it. Swan crashed the car and got out and ran into a nearby wooded area.
The suspect allegedly fired a shot at officers as he attempted to flee the wooded area. Officers returned fire, striking Swann, who died of his injuries at the scene.
A Pittsburgh officer suffered minor injuries during the incident.
A total of five guns believed to have been used by Swann in the incident have been recovered, police said. Four were recovered in Brackenridge and one in Homewood-Brushton.
Several roads in Brackenridge were closed in response. Several nearby departments have also dispatched police units.
Kearns says Allegheny County police are still actively investigating.