Allegheny County detectives are treating the body found in Shaler on Thursday as a homicide because the victim had an apparent gunshot wound to the head.
The victim was identified Saturday as 45-year-old Andre Wallace of Millvale by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Few other details have surfaced since the discovery of Wallace’s body by a passerby Thursday afternoon in a wooded area of Shaler, said Jim Madalinsky, public information officer for the Allegheny County Police.
County police issued a statement Friday that said Wallace was dressed in multiple layers of clothing and was wearing a mask.
The body was reported about 2:30 p.m. in the woods off the 200 block of Hahn Road and transported to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office, police said.
Shaler and Allegheny County police initially investigated Thursday, but the investigation has since been handed over to Allegheny County homicide detectives.
Hahn Road is flanked by woods on both sides with only a few homes. The nearest business is bus company ABC Transit.
Shaler police Chief Sean Frank was unavailable for comment Friday.
