Arrest made in fatal Northview Heights shooting

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A man has been arrested and charged in a fatal shooting that took place in August of 2020 in the Northview Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Maurice White Jr., 19, was arrested by the Western PA Fugitive Taskforce on Tuesday in Wilkinsburg.

Maurice White Jr.
Maurice White Jr. Photo credit Pittsburgh Police

White is facing charges of criminal homicide, conspiracy and gun charges in the shooting death of another man.

On the night August 23, 2020, Pittsburgh Police responded to a Shotspotter alert in the 100 block of Penfort Street.

Upon arrival, they found a man with a gunshot wound to his head. Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

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