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County police investigating deadly, early morning shooting in McKeesport

Updated on: September 14, 2024 / 3:25 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Woman killed in early morning shooting in McKeesport

MCKEESPORT (KDKA) - A woman is dead and police are investigating the early morning deadly shooting.

According to the Allegheny County Police Department, just after 5 a.m., county dispatch was made aware of a shooting in the 40 block of Crawford Village.

Once police and medics arrived they found a woman had been shot. She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Allegheny County Police homicide detectives are now investigating.

County police later charged 50-year-old Robert Cox from McKeesport with criminal homicide. Cox will be housed in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting arraignment.

Anyone with information is asked to call their tip line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS and callers can remain anonymous.

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.