Justin Vellucci
@jvthetrib
News reporter at @TRIBLive. Covering crime and communities in @Pittsburgh. Verified news, context and behind-the-scenes reporting. #FourthEstate
She hit two cars on a #WestEndBridge ramp, then jumped out and ran. #Pittsburgh police say Angela Cooks, 47, was driving the wrong way when she caused the 3-car crash that sent one driver to the hospital. She's now charged, but not in custody. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
Four children were home when the shooting started. #Pittsburgh police say a man and woman were found dead Wednesday inside a #NorthviewHeights apartment. It appears someone fired from outside while trying to get in. The kids, ages 7-11, weren't hurt. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A domestic altercation. Gunshots inside + out. Four children inside when it happened. A man and woman were found shot to death in a #Pittsburgh apartment. The kids — ages 7 to 11 — weren't hurt. Investigators haven't said who pulled the trigger. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
He said he was tired of being bullied. Police say his answer was a meat cleaver. Rup Koirala, 36, is charged with attempted homicide for showing up uninvited at a #Whitehall home and striking his neighbor in the neck. Bail: denied. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
Temon Jackson said he was forced to drive the getaway car. But prosecutors say he also hid the murder weapon. The 20-year-old is now charged in a double homicide outside a #Clairtonpa bar — with bail denied. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
An 18-year-old #PetersTownship man is jailed on $250K bail — accused of viewing explicit photos a boy sent him. It's the fourth sex-related case to hit the #WashingtonCounty town this year. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
"Yeah, that's my work." Police say a 22-yr-old man shot a teen in #Duquesne + filmed himself bragging about it — then was shot himself just an hour later. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A 31-year #Pittsburgh #paramedic just resigned — one year shy of collecting his pension — after officials said his second job as a fire academy instructor broke city rules. The police union president blasted it as 'selective enforcement.' @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A stolen truck, 91 mph + drugs that included 'a little bit of everything' A #Pittsburgh man now faces homicide by vehicle while DUI and 15 other charges after a July crash that killed Shelly Hunter, 60, a mother of four. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A #Pittsburgh man is facing felony charges after police say he stabbed a dog named Champ with a box cutter during an argument on the #NorthSide, leaving him with deep lacerations. Champ's condition remains unknown. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
She buried two brothers to gun violence before it took her too. Today, the full story of La'Eva Morrison — a #Pittsburgh murder victim who refused to be hardened by grief. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
🚨 Court docs reveal Tristan Taylor, 18, was gunned down in #Pittsburgh after attending a memorial for a family member killed nearly a decade earlier. Suspect Ronald Stanford, 18, remains jailed w/o bail on homicide charges. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
Three #Texas men drove a @hyundaiusa.com SUV to #Pittsburgh — allegedly to rob fast-food restaurants. Police say they hit a @mcdonaldsjp.bsky.social and three #Wendys for about $13,000. They were caught and jailed in Indiana less than 24 hours later. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A second man has been arrested in a #WashingtonCounty #sextortion case involving teenage boys. Police say Charles "Zeke" Usner, 24, of a @mtlebanonschools.bsky.social alumnus, assaulted a 15-year-old in a #SouthHills park last summer — and filmed it. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
Two toddlers were found alive inside a #Wilkinsburg home — next to the bodies of two adults who'd been dead for days. @alleghenycounty.bsky.social police say there were no signs of trauma. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
🚨 SUSPECT AT LARGE: A man attempted to abduct a 15-year-old girl from a car at a gas station in #Pittsburgh early Monday — while her father was inside the store. She was scratched but escaped unharmed. Police are searching for the suspect. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A #Pittsburgh man will serve at least 11 years in prison after pleading no contest in the 2023 killing of his 5-day-old son. The judge called it "one of the worst cases" of his career and said Martin "arguably" could have faced the death penalty. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
'I put my faith in God, and God has been there to hold me up.' Nearly 8 years after the #TreeofLife synagogue attack, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers is retiring. @triblive.bsky.social looks back at the faith, resilience and leadership that carried #Pittsburgh through its darkest day. LINK IN COMMENTS
A lawsuit alleges a #Pittsburgh-area cop used excessive force when he fatally shot Gregory Carlson, 48, seconds after confronting the suicidal man at his #ForestHills home in 2024. The cop who shot Carlson has a history of violence + legal battles. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
An @alleghenycounty.bsky.social street fight escalated into a brutal stabbing caught on video. Police say Kimberly Jo Rexroad, 48, of #Pitcairn repeatedly stabbed a woman during a dispute over "relations with a male." She now faces trial. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
An @alleghenycounty.bsky.social street fight escalated into a brutal stabbing caught on video. Police say Kimberly Jo Rexroad, 48, of #Pitcairn repeatedly stabbed a woman during a dispute over "relations with a male." She now faces trial. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
VIDEO -- A #Monroeville man is headed to trial in a fatal 2025 East McKeesport crash. @alleghenycounty.bsky.social police charged Aaron Bertoluzzi for driving his van across the double-yellow line while his BAC was 2x the legal limit before the collision. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A #Monroeville man is headed to trial in a fatal 2025 East McKeesport crash. @alleghenycounty.bsky.social police charged Aaron Bertoluzzi for driving his #Nissan van across the double-yellow line while his BAC was 2x the legal limit before the collision. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A @triblive.bsky.social EXCLUSIVE #Pittsburgh's home rule charter says city employees—including police brass —must live in the city. But we found at least half the bureau's commanders live outside city limits with Mayor @coreyoconnorpa.bsky.social's tacit approval. LINK IN COMMENTS
🚨 A #Pittsburgh man accused of stabbing a motorcyclist during an argument at an #Arlington car wash has been arrested. Police say the victim, who was critically injured, captured the encounter on a camera attached to his motorcycle. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
🚨 NEW: The family of #ChristopherShepherd is appealing the dismissal of its excessive-force lawsuit over the 2024 fatal police shooting in #UpperStClair after a judge ruled the #Pittsburgh-area officers are protected by qualified immunity. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A #Pittsburgh woman is accused of plotting with her jailed partner to drug and rape a friend, according to @alleghenycounty.bsky.social Police. Investigators say the alleged scheme was uncovered through jail messages. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
A move from #StoRox to #MoonAreaSD has turned into a civil rights lawsuit. A #Moon mother claims the district and #PIAA wrongly barred her sons from playing sports, despite her saying the move was about safety and education—not athletics. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
Police in #Pittsburgh faced another week of juvenile unrest: fights at a #NorthSide pool, headaches in a Brighton Heights store, a @lululemonus.bsky.social store theft. Three girls were arrested as officials urged parents to keep tabs on kids this July 4th. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS
NEW: The #Pittsburgh police officer jailed after allegedly driving drunk with a BAC nearly 4x the legal limit was already awaiting trial in another DUI case. His #FOP union contract allows termination for second or subsequent DUI offenses. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS