'Love triangle' led to Smithfield man's death, according to police

GEORGES TOWNSHIP, Pa. — UPDATE 10:30 p.m.

Pennsylvania State Police say the man who was found shot to death in a Fayette County storage shed was caught up in a love triangle.

The victim is identified as James Plance, 45.

Police say his girlfriend, Deana Hughes, 33, called them hours after he'd been shot.

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According to a press release, she told troopers they were involved in a love triangle with Wiley Gambrel, 58.

Police say Gambrel shot Plance in the head at a home on Riger Road, loaded his body onto a dolly and put the body in the storage shed.

The initial murder scene had been cleaned up and Gambrel admitted to the crime, according to police.

The police report says that all three of them had been smoking crack and drinking alcohol just before the shooting.

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Police are investigating the death of a man in Georges Township, Fayette County, as a homicide, Channel 11's Cara Sapida reported.

The man was found shot in the head about 10:30 a.m. in a garage at a home along Route 119, officials told Sapida.

"I seen all the state police, I was out back with my neighbor and I seen the cops running with bullet proof vests on and guns," said Sharon Mayfield, who lives nearby. "I came back in my house because I was scared!"

A wallet, cell phone and screwdriver were found in the driveway.

Pennsylvania State Police said they are questioning two people.

Further information was not immediately available.

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