PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pittsburgh man jailed last month in the beating death of his girlfriend’s 6-month-old daughter has been charged with homicide.
Prosecutors charged 29-year-old Kenneth Reeves on Tuesday in connection with Kamero Newton’s Dec. 6 death.
He was originally charged with criminal attempt of criminal homicide, aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
Police say Reeves beat Kamero into unconsciousness. Doctors declared her brain dead and removed her from life support.
Court records show Reeves pleaded guilty in September to charges he beat an ex-girlfriend’s 3-year-old son.
A judge sentenced him to a supervised release program and ordered him to take anger management classes.
2 charged in fatal shooting during game session
NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa. (AP) – Police have charged two men with fatally shooting a third in a home near Pittsburgh where at least one witness says the men had been playing video games.
Allegheny County police have charged 18-year-old Justin Gomez and 19-year-old Fredderick Holland with criminal homicide in the death of 25-year-old Kierre (KEE’-ayr) Simmons, of Pittsburgh.
The investigation was continuing Tuesday in the shooting police say happened about 6:40 p.m. in North Braddock.
Investigators were still sifting through evidence, but charged Gomez and Holland after witnesses said they both fired shots Simmons.
Two other men were wounded. One was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening wounds and a third drove himself to get medical care.
Online court records don’t list attorneys for Gomez and Holland, who were in custody awaiting arraignment Tuesday afternoon.
1 dead, 2 firefighters hurt in W. Pa. house fire
DUQUESNE, Pa. (AP) – One person was killed and two firefighters were injured in a house fire near Pittsburgh.
WPXI-TV reports (https://bit.ly/1tgQHZ2 ) flames could be seen shooting early Tuesday from the windows and roof of the home on Friendship Street in Duquesne.
The fire started around 1 a.m. WPXI says it threatened other homes.
The firefighters’ conditions were not immediately released.
A fire marshal is investigating.
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Information from: WPXI-TV, https://www.wpxi.com
1 dead, 2 firefighters hurt in W. Pa. house fire
DUQUESNE, Pa. (AP) – One person was killed and two firefighters were injured in a house fire near Pittsburgh.
WPXI-TV reports (https://bit.ly/1tgQHZ2 ) flames could be seen shooting early Tuesday from the windows and roof of the home on Friendship Street in Duquesne.
The fire started around 1 a.m. WPXI says it threatened other homes.
The firefighters’ conditions were not immediately released.
A fire marshal is investigating.
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Information from: WPXI-TV, https://www.wpxi.com
