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Arrest made in double fatal shooting in Marshall-Shadeland

PITTSBURGH — A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a double fatal shooting in September in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood.

Pittsburgh police said their officers and the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force arrested John Williams, 22, of Homewood, around 5:45 p.m.

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He’s accused of firing at a parked pickup at the intersection of Brighton Road and Ingham Street on Sept. 11.Two of the three people inside the truck were shot.

Police said one of the victims, identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office as Jamie Romesburg, 28, of Carnegie, died at the scene.

Kenneth Beckel, 25, of Carnegie, was taken to Allegheny General Hospital, where he later died, according to the medical examiner.

Williams is facing multiple charges, including criminal homicide, robbery, possession of a firearm and firearms not to be carried without a license.

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