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Police: Man ‘sick of being bullied' arrested after shooting while with 4-year-old son

PITTSBURGH — One person was taken to a hospital Wednesday afternoon following a shooting in the East Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Police were dispatched about 4:15 p.m. to the area of 2200 Wilner Drive.

Surveillance video showed a driver stopping to talk with the victim, who punched the driver, later identified as 29-year-old Marlon McMillan, in the face and threw something at him, according to a criminal complaint.

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McMillan drove away, but then pulled back around and shot the victim while his 4-year-old son was in the vehicle with him, the complaint said. He then drove off again.

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The victim suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to the arm and hand, police said. He was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment.

The investigation led police to Conestoga Road in Penn Hills, where McMillan was arrested during a traffic stop. He told police he planned to turn himself in.

McMillan admitted to the shooting, claiming it was self-defense and that he was “sick of being bullied” by the victim, police said.