Coroner identifies young man found dead under grill behind home

NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa. — A young man was found shot to death and lying under a grill behind a home in North Braddock Monday morning, police said.

The discovery was made shortly after 8:30 a.m. along Hawkins Avenue, where a shooting had been reported Sunday night, according to authorities.

Officers who responded to the area shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday did not find anything after witnesses reported seeing a person shooting from a white SUV, and another person on foot, police said.

A 911 call Monday morning alerted police to the man’s body.

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The man was identified as Ta-Sean Gray, 18, of North Braddock.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Allegheny County Police Tipline 1-833-255-8477.

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