20-year-old shot, killed after trying to calm down fight between suspect, mother

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — Allegheny County Police are investigating after a 20-year-old man was shot and killed in West Mifflin.

Police said the shooting happened around 10:20 p.m. Saturday in the 100 block of Palmer Lane. Investigators said when they arrived, they found Anthony Orosco with a gunshot wound to the chest.

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Allegheny County Police officials said Orosco was taken to an area hospital, where he died.

Homicide detectives determined there was a party inside the home when an argument broke out between the suspect, Dante Terrell King, 19, and his mother. Both King and his mother pulled out guns. Investigators said Orosco was attempting to calm down the situation when he tried to wrestle King’s gun away and he was shot.

King was charged with criminal homicide and was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.

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