PENN HILLS, Pa. — A homicide suspect was taken into custody Tuesday in Penn Hills.
According to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, Fugitive Apprehension Unit detectives and SWAT arrested Jamaal Cook, 38, of Pittsburgh.
Cook was wanted in connection with a deadly shooting July 24 in Pittsburgh’s Hill District neighborhood.
Deven Anthony Turner, 35, was shot in the back and later taken by medics to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Cook is facing charges of criminal homicide, carrying a firearm without a license and having a firearm while prohibited.
He is being held in the Allegheny County Jail.
According to the criminal complaint, investigators determined through witness interviews that Cook was responsible for the shooting, which followed a disturbance in an apartment complex hallway.
Court records note that Cook pleaded guilty to robbery in 2005 and is not allowed to have a gun.
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