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Uniontown man gets life for 2017 slaying in Pittsburgh’s Hill District

Paula Reed Ward
By Paula Reed Ward
1 Min Read Oct. 7, 2021 | 4 years Ago
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A Uniontown man will serve life in prison with no chance for parole after he was sentenced Thursday for killing a man in 2017 in Pittsburgh’s Hill District.

An Allegheny County jury found Tevin Patterson, 27, guilty of first-degree murder in the Aug. 8, 2017, shooting death of Calvin Turner, 20, inside Terrace Village, a housing community on Oak Hill Drive.

Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Borkowski also ordered Patterson to serve an additional seven to 14 years on a firearms count.

A criminal complaint filed in the case said a private security guard working in the area at the time of the shooting said he heard three gunshots and then saw a suspicious man, later identified as Patterson, wearing only one shoe.

When the security officer approached Patterson, he fled. He was arrested by Pittsburgh police officers a short time later in a nearby wooded area. They said he did not have shoes or a shirt on. Officers said they later found a sweatshirt with blood splatter and a Nike shoe in the woods.

A matching shoe was found at the crime scene, police said.

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