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Prosecutors To Seek Death Penalty In Donora Convenience Store Murder

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The Washington County District Attorney will seek the death penalty against two suspects in the murder of a man in February.

Thirty-two-year-old Sidney McLean and 32-year-old Devell Christian are accused of killing Nicholas Tarpley at Anna Lee's Convenience Store.

Allen Avenue donora shooting
(Photo: KDKA Photojournalist Bryce Lutz)

Investigators claim the pair shot Tarpley six times while he had his back turned helping a customer.

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McLean and Christian were arraigned on Friday.

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