Doorbell camera captures fatal shooting in Mount Oliver
The Mount Oliver home’s doorbell camera caught it all.
A young man approached 122 Amanda Ave. after noon Saturday, a gun magazine sticking out from the right pocket of his shorts.
An older man opened the door, then took a few steps back.
“Don’t ever in your [expletive] life touch me…” the young man said, according to a police account of the incident.
The younger man pulled out a gun, fired six times and ran away, investigators said.
Police said the older man was hit. A paramedic pronounced him dead at the scene at 12:39 p.m.
Authorities identified the victim as Dana Burks, 49. Police said he was the stepfather of suspect Rasheed Horne.
Horne turned himself in to authorities Sunday, police said.
Allegheny County Police charged him with criminal homicide and carrying a gun without a license.
He remained in the Allegheny County Jail on Monday. A judge denied Horne’s bail on Sunday morning.
Mount Oliver police were dispatched at 12:14 p.m. Saturday to Jucunda Street for a report of multiple gunshots, according to a criminal complaint in the case.
About 15 minutes later, police received a second call: a man had been shot on Amanda Avenue, just 1/10th of a mile away, the complaint said.
The day before, Mount Oliver police said they were at the Amanda Avenue home, responding to a report of a violent domestic dispute between Burks and Horne, the complaint said. The fight left Horne with facial injuries, which were treated at a hospital.
While investigating the Saturday shooting, two police officers, including Mount Oliver police Chief Matt Juzwick, reviewed the doorbell footage and “immediately and without prompting” identified Horne, the complaint said.
Detectives found five cartridge casings — four on the porch, one on the sidewalk nearby.
Horne’s attorney was not listed Monday in court records.
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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