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Yellow police tape fluttered last week like paper streamers from the trees along Lamar Road in Upper St. Clair, a grim reminder for Christopher Shepherd’s family and friends of his violent death at the hands of police. Shepherd, who battled mental illness for more than 20 years, was gunned down
The family of an Upper St. Clair man killed by police Sunday while in the throes of a mental health crisis is accusing the SWAT officers who shot him of using excessive force and questioning their tactics. “The mental health system failed us,” Shepherd’s half-sister, Micki Kippelen, said Wednesday. “And
Christopher Shepherd was gunned down Sunday evening by multiple police from multiple departments after approaching them with a kitchen knife, based on reports by Allegheny County Police.
A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Upper Saint Clair.
An Upper St. Clair man died Sunday after being shot by police who were responding to a domestic incident at his home. Police were dispatched to the residence of a 48-year-old man in the 100 block of Lamar Road shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday, according to Allegheny County Police. After