PENN HILLS, Pa. (AP) - Authorities say a western Pennsylvania police officer killed one of the suspects in a homicide in an exchange of gunfire.
Allegheny County police superintendent Coleman McDonough says 30-year-old Joshua Antonio Makhanda-Lopez was found shot to death in a car in Penn Hills on Sunday night. Police believe he was killed after he was lured there in a robbery attempt.
Witnesses said suspects fled to a nearby home, and police ordered several people out of the home. Three emerged, but a fourth remained inside and was found in a basement.
McDonough says that man, 20-year-old Onaje Dickinson, charged police and began firing at an officer. The officer returned fire, killing him.
Police say Dickinson and a 15-year-old are suspected of having killed Makhanda-Lopez. The teen faces homicide, robbery, conspiracy and weapons charges.
The police shooting is under review.
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