ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Police have arrested a man they say may be involved in a plot that led to the shooting death of a man in Wilkinsburg in October 2019.
According to a news release, Jeremiah Ligon was the final individual in the plot to be arrested.
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Ligon has been wanted since November 2020, when an arrest warrant was first issued for conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person in the murder of 22-year-old Mager Rainey.
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Investigators developed information that Ligon might have been near the 200 block of Lansdowne Drive in Penn Hills. A search warrant was obtained for a residence, and Ligon was arrested during the execution of the warrant.
Two others, Kenya Harper and Herbert Lee Walker III, have been charged with homicide in the case.
Ligon is in the Allegheny County Jail. Records show Ligon has a preliminary hearing in January of 2023. Walker and Harper are scheduled to go to trial in February.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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