Man pleads guilty in deadly shooting of Oliver Citywide Academy student

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By Lonni Rivera

PITTSBURGH — A man pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of an Oliver Citywide Academy student in January 2022.

PHOTOS: Student shot outside Oliver Citywide Academy

Marquis Campbell walked out of Oliver Citywide Academy, boarded his school van, then was shot twice in the chest.

Eugene Watson, 19, pleaded guilty on Wednesday.

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For months, Campbell’s family members expressed concerns about school safety, and many questioned when police might would arrests in the case.

Then, in April, police arrested two teenage brothers, Eugene Watson, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, and his younger brother Brandon Watson.

Detectives credited surveillance and DNA from clothing as helping them in the arrests.

Watson’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 25.

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