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Judge drops homicide charges against four teenagers in deadly BB gun shooting

February 23, 2023 / 8:05 AM EST / CBS Pittsburgh

Judge drops homicide charges against four teens

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A judge has dropped attempted homicide charges against four teenagers in connection with a BB gun shooting that left one man dead.

15-year-old Desmond Robinson, 16-year-old Isiah Johnson, 17-year-old Karmelo Harshey, and 16-year-old Lee Wilson are still being charged as adults but with aggravated assault.

According to police, the victim was found unresponsive on Coffey Way, an alley downtown.

He died two days later.

Doctors determined he had been shot with a BB gun.

Homicide

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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.