Police investigating Pittsburgh’s first shooting death of new year

PITTSBURGH — A woman died weeks after she was found shot multiple times in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood.

Police said the shooting happened around 9 p.m. on Dec. 17 in the 200 block of Eastgate Drive.

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The woman – identified as Ladea Terrell, 33 – was initially rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but she died on New Year’s Day. This is the first shooting death of the new year, after 2019 saw Pittsburgh’s lowest homicide total in two decades.

According to investigators, a man drove himself to police headquarters soon after the shooting and was detained for questioning. However, no arrests have been made yet.

The investigation is ongoing.

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