A man sought for a shooting that happened in February on the North Side has been arrested.
Jermaine Lamont Colwell, 46, is being detained in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash bond. He is charged with attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault and gun violations after a person was shot in the chest Feb. 28 near Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 school. The school was temporarily placed on lockdown after the shooting.
Colwell was arrested late Wednesday in the 1000 block of Sheffield Avenue on the North Side.
According to court documents, police said video surveillance from the scene, as well as witnesses, linked Colwell to the crime. According to the criminal complaint, the victim was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening wounds.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 19.
