Suspect to stand trial in shooting of officers

By Paula Reed Ward

Trib Total Media

The man accused of killing Mc-Keesport police Officer Sean Sluganski told detectives he didn’t remember shooting the 32-year-old officer on the city’s Grandview Avenue last week. But Johnathan Morris, 31, told Allegheny County homicide Detective Patrick Kinavey that if police had evidence that he shot Sluganski, then he must have done it. On Friday, Morris was ordered to stand trial on all charges by District Judge Bruce Boni following an hourlong preliminary hearing at Pittsburgh’s municipal court building. Those counts include criminal homicide, homicide of a law enforcement officer, attempted homicide of a law enforcement officer and gun charges.

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