Rankin man found dead in Fineview after report of shots fired

PITTSBURGH — A man was found shot and killed early Monday morning in Pittsburgh’s Fineview neighborhood, according to police.

The 28-year-old man, identified as James Swanson, of Rankin, was found in a courtyard in the 1700 block of Belleau Drive, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. %

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Officers were called shortly before 1:30 a.m. to the area after two shots were reported to have been fired, Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Sonya Toler said.

Further information was not immediately available.

“Hopefully people will cooperate with our investigators, share some information and tell us what happened here,” Toler said.

The homicide is being investigated by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Violent Crime Unit. %

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Last month, an 18-year-old was shot along the same road. A few weeks earlier, a house was riddled with bullets.

Police said they plan to deploy additional resources in the area in light of the recent shootings.

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