Authorities identify man found dead on Wilkinsburg porch
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said a man found dead on a Wilkinsburg porch had been shot.
Officials identified the dead man as Jakeem Booker, 19, of Braddock.
Police were called to a home along Franklin Avenue just after 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, where a man’s body could be seen on the front porch of a home.
Allegheny County Homicide detectives are investigating.
Franklin Avenue was blocked off for much of the morning while police and investigators processed the scene.
Brian C. Rittmeyer, a Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.
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