Man accused in deadly Mount Oliver shooting is victim’s stepson, court documents state

MOUNT OLIVER, Pa. — The Allegheny County Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting in Mount Oliver.

Police say dispatch officials were notified of a shooting in the 100 block of Amanda Avenue at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

First responders found Dana Burks dead on the scene. Detectives said preliminary investigative information shows the man was shot in the doorway of his home.

Detectives say they obtained an arrest warrant for Rasheed Horne, 21, in Burks’ death. Horne turned himself in early on Sunday morning and is lodged in the Allegheny County Jail while awaiting arraignment on a homicide charge.

A criminal complaint identifies Horne as Burks’ stepson. The document claims police responded to the home the day before the shooting for a domestic dispute where the two men got into a physical altercation and Horne was hurt.

The victim’s wife told Channel 11 that Burks was a loving family man.

A neighbor said she heard two gunshots.

A man, who didn’t want to be identified, said the neighborhood should be filled with smells from cookouts not sounds of sirens.

“It’s heartbreaking, heart-wrenching altogether. I think we need to come together,” he said. “It shouldn’t be violence in front of the home right there in broad daylight. It don’t make no sense at all.”

Neighbors said shootings are becoming more common in the area.

Perez Suber and his family want to move. He said he doesn’t feel safe.

“It’s a sad reality in which we live,” Suber said. “I have two young kids that are growing up through this, so it’s not fun.”

Just last week, on July 24, another man was gunned down in the middle of the day in front of the Triangle Mart a few blocks away in Knoxville.

“If it ain’t one thing, it’s another,” said the man who didn’t want to be named. “I just know that it ain’t right. A lot of this stuff that’s going on it ain’t right.”

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