Police investigate fatal shootings of 2 in Wilkinsburg
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Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of two men whose bodies were found in car parked on a Wilkinsburg street early Saturday.
The victims were identified as Roman Herring, 21, of East Liberty and LeRon Brown, 21, of Wall.
The men were found in a car parked on Hill Avenue at Everett Street about 12:43 a.m., the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office said.
No further details on the incident were immediately available.
Both men have been involved in gun violence in the past and had run-ins with the law.
Mr. Herring pleaded guilty to drug charges last month and was sentenced to six to 12 months in jail. It was unclear why he hadn't yet begun his sentence.
In May 2010, Mr. Herring, then 19, and another man were both charged with shooting each other in Homewood.
On April 22, 2009, Mr. Herring, who was wanted on a long list of criminal charges, surrendered to police without incident after a SWAT team surrounded an East Liberty home where he had barricaded himself. He as wanted on charges including assault, carjacking, burglary, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, and criminal trespass when he was arrested.
Mr. Brown was among a group of five teens in 2007 who police said robbed people near the East Busway in Homewood to get money for marijuana. In one instance, on Oct. 23, 2007, Christopher Evans, a 20-year-old Job Corps student from Texas, was gunned down.
Lester Jackson III, 17, of Homewood was acquitted in the homicide but convicted of robbery, conspiracy and a firearms violations. Mr. Brown and three other teens were adjudicated as juveniles on one count of conspiracy to commit robbery in exchange for their testimony against Mr. Jackson.
Mr. Brown was scheduled for trial Thursday on drug charges in Fayette County stemming from a November 2011 arrest.
He pleaded guilty in 2010 in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to charges of fleeing from police, resisting arrest and conspiracy to commit theft by unlawful taking.
First Published February 12, 2012 12:00 am
