ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is charged with shooting and killing his girlfriend inside their home in Rostraver Township.
Just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, detectives responded to a reported shooting in the 900 block of Route 136 after a child living in the home called 911.
When officers arrived, Robert Chaplin, 34, was outside of the home in the driveway.
The victim, Estela Rivera Vasquez, 35, was found shot in the chest and lying on the basement floor. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead an hour later.
Police found several shell casings and a black gun on the basement floor near Vasquez.
The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said Chaplin and Vasquez lived together.
The three children living inside the home are safe and being cared for by relatives.
Chaplin is charged with criminal homicide and was denied bail.
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