Medical examiner IDs man found fatally shot on porch of his Carrick home
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man found fatally shot New Year’s Eve on the porch of his Carrick home.
The medical examiner’s office identified the victim Wednesday as Lonnell Newkirk, 44.
Pittsburgh police said Newkirk was found shot in the chest on his front porch in the 100 block of Maytide Street at about 8:45 p.m. Sunday.
He died a short time later at UPMC Mercy hospital, the medical examiner’s office said. The medical examiner has not yet announced a cause or manner of death.
Police said there were no witnesses to the shooting.
Pittsburgh police detectives are investigating. No arrests have been announced.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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