Man killed in shooting in Pittsburgh’s Northview Heights neighborhood identified

PITTSBURGH — A man was killed in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Northview Heights neighborhood.

According to Pittsburgh police, officers responded to the 320 block of Penfort Street just before 1 a.m. for reports of a male with gunshot wounds.

Officers at the scene found an adult male, later identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 31-year-old Dominque Rucker, with a gunshot wound to the head. Medics tended to him and he was taken to a hospital in critical condition where he was later pronounced deceased.

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Mobile Crime Unit processed the scene. The investigation is ongoing.

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