Wife of Pennsylvania police chief killed in shooting says, ‘I’m literally broken’
Brackenridge is a small town of 3,240 people and is 90% White. Pittsburgh is roughly 25% Black. However, in the past twelve years, 85% of known homicide offenders have been Black.
A Pennsylvania police chief was killed after he ‘ran towards danger’ pursuing a suspect
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Justin McIntire, the police chief in Brackenridge, was shot in the head while chasing a man wanted by Pennsylvania State Police, officials said.
5 guns recovered from slain suspect in killing of Pa. police chief, authorities say
Duquesne man suspected of killing Brackenridge police chief had extensive criminal history
The Duquesne man suspected of killing Brackenridge’s police chief Monday had been charged with homicide nearly a decade ago. Aaron Swan, 28, was shot and killed last night after a shootout with police in Pittsburgh’s Homewood-Brushton neighborhood.
Brackenridge, PA Police Chief killed by career criminal that system coddled
He previously shot at a cop in 2014
Justin McIntire, Police Chief of Brackenridge, PA, was killed in one of two police shootouts with Aaron Lamont Swan, 28.
McIntire was shot and killed, while a second unnamed officer was shot in the leg and hospitalized.
Swan was previously convicted of shooting at a police officer in 2014. However, he was given a wrist slap plea deal and was only sentenced to three years. In 2017, he was sentenced to another three years for armed robbery and inflicting serious bodily injury. By 2019, he had already been released early and was sentenced to another year for selling drugs.
PA Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 38 