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Nov 22, 2008 7:05 pm US/Eastern
Arrest Made In Fatal Uptown Shooting
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
Police have made an arrest in connection with an overnight murder in the city's Uptown neighborhood.
Police were called to Fifth Avenue and Stevenson Street just before 12:30 a.m.
Authorities have identified the victim as 27-year-old Donell Jones Jr., of Homewood. The Medical Examiner says he died from gunshot wounds to the chest and lower extremity.
A Duquesne University police officer was patrolling the 1300 block of Watson Street when he observed a male, later identified as 27 year-old Jonathan Brown, firing a gun and running down Watson towards Pride.
The officer pursued Brown and was able to detain him in a wooded area on Our Way.
Brown was taken into police custody upon the arrival of Pittsburgh Police.
A stolen firearm, which was discarded by Brown, was later recovered.
Brown is charged with criminal homicide, carrying a firearm without a license, receiving stolen property, recklessly endangering another person and resisting arrest.
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