Medical examiner IDs Pittsburgh man fatally shot on Arlington Avenue
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner on Tuesday identified the man fatally shot in Arlington Heights a day earlier as Shawn Marcus Czeczely.
Czeczely, 53, of Pittsburgh, was found unresponsive in the 3000 block of Arlington Avenue at 12:54 a.m. Monday, the medical examiner said. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:12 a.m.
Pittsburgh police said Zone 3 officers were dispatched to Arlington Avenue for a six-round ShotSpotter alert.
Police initially said they found Czeczely lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police confirmed the medical examiner’s ID on Tuesday and said future updates will be posted to the city police force’s online blotter.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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