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Man arrested in Wilkinsburg shooting that killed a local music producer

Wilkinsburg shooting FILE footage from Franklin Avenue.

WILKINSBURG — Allegheny County police have made an arrest for a homicide in Wilkinsburg earlier this year.

Police say Isaiah Thorton, 34, of North Braddock, was arrested Tuesday for a May 27 shooting on Franklin Avenue that killed Michael Tomlin, 32, of Verona.

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Thorton is charged with criminal homicide, illegal possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm without a license. He is being held in the Allegheny County Jail while awaiting a preliminary hearing.

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