Terrorist attack

2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers

4 Apr 2009 · 40.48° N, 79.94° W

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When
4 Apr 2009
Kind
Terrorist attack
Coordinates
40.48° N, 79.94° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers.

Summary

Officers Eric Kelly, Steven Mayhle and Paul Scullio are killed in a shootout by Richard Poplawski in Pittsburgh. Poplawski is sentenced to death two years later.

2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers

Shootout in Pennsylvania, U.S.

On April 4, 2009, a shootout occurred at 1016 Fairfield Street in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, stemming from a mother and her 22-year-old son's argument over a dog urinating in the house. At approximately 7:11 a.m.

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