Pittsburgh police: Homicide charges filed after man found shot dead in street; Victim identified

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a man found Wednesday morning in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood.

Jason Woodall, 29, was arrested overnight, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.

Woodall was arrested for the murder of Mieko Devaughn.

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He is charged with criminal homicide, various firearm violations and robbery.

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ORIGINAL STORY:

Pittsburgh police are investigating a fatal shooting after a man was found dead in the street.

Police were called to the 2400 block of Sorrell Street in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood around 5:30 a.m. They found an unconscious male with a gunshot wound to the head.

Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

A single shell casing was found next to the man, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman.

A Pittsburgh police officer at the scene said the incident was being investigated as a homicide.

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