Man found guilty of 3rd-degree murder in shooting death of off-duty Oakdale police officer

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — The man who killed an off-duty Oakdale police officer was found guilty of third-degree murder in court on Friday.

Kevin McSwiggen shot and killed Officer Chuck Stipetich in July 2022.

After the shooting, McSwiggen told police he was involved in a road rage incident along Route 28. He believed Stipetich cut him off.

McSwiggen followed Stipetich to his home on Fountain Street, where he shot and killed the 23-year-old off-duty officer.

“The last words he said to me was, ‘Dad, I’m shot, Dad, I’m shot,’” Charles Stipetich told Channel 11 in 2022. “There was nothing I could do. I couldn’t even save him. And I had to watch him die on the sidewalk.”

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In court, prosecutors implied McSwiggen thought he was above the law and was impersonating a police officer at the time of the shooting.

McSwiggen is due for sentencing on Oct. 9.

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