ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — State police said Javonte Simmons, 24, was arrested and charged with shooting and killing a man the day before Thanksgiving in Aliquippa.
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Police said they were called just after 7 p.m. to Cooper Street for reports of gunfire. Troopers and officers found 31-year-old Richard Jackson dead. He had been shot in the chest.
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Witnesses told Channel 11 they heard a half dozen gunshots that evening.
Police said the two didn't really know each other, and the motive was drugs specifically marijuana.
"Marijuana kills. That's what happened here they were fighting over marijuana now this young man is in jail," said Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier.
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Simmons was charged with criminal homicide and was taken to the Beaver County Jail.
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