Man arrested in Altoona in connection to February fatal shooting on North Side
A man was arrested Wednesday in Central Pennsylvania in connection to a fatal shooting on Pittsburgh’s North Side in February.
According to Pittsburgh police, Aaron Smith, 29, is charged in connection with a shooting in the 600 block of Chautauqua Street that left a man dead on Feb. 5.
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Rasul Abdullah Aquil Jr., 23, was found shot in the head inside a car. He was taken to a local hospital but later died, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner.
Police used video surveillance from the area of the shooting, cell phone records, spoke with witnesses and executed a search warrant on a car seen in the area to link Smith to the shooting, according to court documents.
They said video surveillance shows two people wearing all black and ski masks get into a car with Aquil before the shooting. The person who gets in the back seat leaves, and a few minutes later, the person in the front seat flees, according to police. Calls then started to come in to 911 that someone had just been shot on Chautauqua Street.
Wednesday, police took Smith into custody without incident in Altoona.
Smith is charged with criminal homicide, persons not to possess a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal conspiracy to commit homicide.
He will be transported to Allegheny County Jail.
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