The Allegheny County District Attorney’s has withdrawn their intent to seek the death penalty for the man accused of shooting and killing an off-duty police officer in 2019.
The withdrawal was filed Wednesday, less than two weeks before jury selection was scheduled to begin in the trial of Christian Bey of Wilkinsburg.
Bey, 33, is charged with criminal homicide in the July 14, 2019, shooting death of 36-year-old Pittsburgh police officer Calvin Hall. Bey is accused of shooting Hall during a block party on Monticello Street in Homewood. Investigators said Hall was shot in the back three times. He died three days later as a result of his injuries.
Bey was arrested eight days after the shooting.
More than a month later, the district attorney’s office announced it would seek the death penalty.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Feb. 27 and the trial is scheduled to start March 14.
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