Man arrested after deadly shooting at Lawrenceville bar

PITTSBURGH — A man has been arrested after a deadly shooting at a hookah bar in Lawrenceville.

>> Man shot while working security at Lawrenceville bar dies

Eric Sudduth-Jones, 24, is charged in the Oct. 6 shooting that killed Malcolm Nowlin, 26.

Nowlin was working as a bouncer at Dijlah Restaurant and Lounge in Lawrenceville when detectives said Sudduth-Jones tried to come in. According to the criminal complaint, witnesses told police when Malcolm wouldn’t let him inside because the hookah bar was closed, Sudduth-Jones started arguing and screaming at him.

Investigators said surveillance video from a restaurant across the street then shows Sudduth-Jones walking away from the bar, going to his car to get a gun from his trunk and shooting Malcolm, who died over the weekend.

Police said Sudduth-Jones drove off and later set his car on fire beneath a bridge in East Pittsburgh.

Detectives also said police had a run-in with Sudduth-Jones hours before the shooting. They said he led officers on a chase after refusing to pull over for a traffic stop.

Sudduth-Jones was arrested in Wilkinsburg on Monday.

He is charged with criminal homicide and is in the Allegheny County Jail.

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