A Pittsburgh mother of two was shot and killed on Friday (Jan. 22) after
declining a man’s advances at a local bar. Janese Talton-Jackson, 29,
was found lying in the street on North Lang Avenue at approximately 2
a.m., after a shooting was reported in the Homewood area.
The assailant, 41-year-old Charles McKinney, was later taken into police custody after a brief chase.
The assailant, 41-year-old Charles McKinney, was later taken into police custody after a brief chase.
According to reports, Talton-Jackson was approached by McKinney at
Cliff’s Bar, where she declined to speak with him. McKinney then
followed her as she left the bar, and shot her in the chest. As
authorities arrived on the scene, McKinney was the subject of a traffic
stop when he heard an officer’s radio announce a nearby shooting. He
sped off, and police chased him and fired shots after him. He was
captured after crashing into a parked vehicle, taken to a hospital to
treat his wounds, and charged thereafter.
McKinney faces charges of homicide, two counts of aggravated assault,
firearms without a license, fleeing or attempting to elude police, two
counts of possession with intent to deliver, two counts of recklessly
endangering another person and reckless driving, WTAE reports.
“I just think it’s sad. Somebody has to do something about the gun
control, it’s just getting out of hand and it just [isn’t] safe to walk
the streets no more,” one man told CBS Pittsburgh.
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