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Teen identified who was fatally shot in Wilkinsburg

Justin Vellucci
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Tom Davidson | TribLive
The Wilkinsburg Borough Building on Thursday, July 1, 2021.

Authorities have identified the teenager killed Wednesday in a Wilkinsburg shooting.

Deglin St. Clair, 18, of Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood, was shot in the 1700 block of Wilkinsburg’s Wesley Street shortly before 5:30 p.m., the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Thursday.

The victim was taken to UPMC Mercy hospital, where he later died.

Allegheny County Police detectives are investigating.

Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS.

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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