Police investigating after man found shot to death in McKeesport

Police are investigating after a 21-year-old man was found shot to death on a street in McKeesport Saturday afternoon.

Initially, police were dispatched to the 600 block of Versailles Avenue for a report of gunfire in the area. After a searching the surrounding areas, police found nothing related to the call.

The 911 call came in around 11:43 a.m. for an unresponsive male found in the 600 block of Spring Street, police said in a release.

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Police located the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

That victim has now been identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Officer as Mahlik Cash, of McKeesport.

The section of Spring Avenue is no longer usable, according to police, and has been blocked to vehicle traffic for about seven years.

Police said the street is still used as a walkway connecting Cornell Street to Jenny Lind Street.

Police are still investigating, and an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. A preliminary examination indicated that Cash was shot in the head at close range.

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