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October 19, 2019

Police seek help in identifying Family Dollar shooting suspects

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

Allegheny County police are requesting the public’s assistance with finding two suspects linked to a shooting Thursday in McKeesport.

McKeesport and ACPD homicide detectives were dispatched to the Family Dollar store at the corner of Versailles Avenue and Craig Street at 11:05 a.m. Thursday for a report of shots fired inside of the store.

When Police and EMTs from McKeesport Ambulance Rescue Service arrived, they discovered a 24-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, according to ACPD Lt. Kenneth Ruckel.

The victim, later identified as Dwayne Fuller of Homestead, was transported to an area hospital where he died at 12:13 p.m. Thursday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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