Jury finds man guilty of shooting, killing 2 sisters in attempted robbery

PITTSBURGH — The man accused of shooting and killing two sisters in McKeesport last year has just been found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder.

Kylee Lankford was with another man when they planned to rob someone at a home on Gross Street.

"I'm sick, happy, frustrated, angry. I really don't know how I feel, I got so many emotions running through me," said Jeromie Anderson, who is related to victims Kimberly Lesko and Melodie Robb.

Anderson spoke to Channel 11 right after the jury found Lankford guilty of killing his mother and aunt.

"Obviously, it doesn't bring my mother and my aunt back. My family is still in disarray, you know? There's a lot of crisis going on," Anderson said.

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According to police paperwork, Lesko and Robb, were randomly chosen.

They were at Robb's Gross Street home last September when Lankford and another man decided to rob them.

Robb's door was open because it was hot that night and police say the two men used that as an opportunity.

Police say nothing was ever taken from the home but Lankford shot and killed both women.

Lankford's defense attorney disagreed with that theory and the prosecution's case.

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"We're very disappointed; I think the witnesses for the commonwealth were horrifically bad and very difficult to believe, clearly lied throughout the trial," Lankford's defense attorney said.

The jury saw it differently.

Lesko's son says his mom and aunt didn't deserve to die.

"They were the most loving, kind, caring people in the world. They would have done anything for anybody," Anderson said.

Lankford received a mandatory life sentence.

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