Baseball Cap Leads To Arrest In 2008 Shooting

By: Lynne Hayes-Freeland

December 10, 2010 2:16 PM

Allen Austin was shot and killed in August of 2008. (Photo Credit: KDKA)

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – DNA evidence and a recent DUI arrest have led investigators to a suspect in the 2008 shooting death of a man in a local hotel parking lot.

Allen Austin was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Comfort Inn on Banksville Road back in August of 2008.

Police said they had little to go on while investigating the case except for a baseball cap that was found at the scene.

So, they took DNA from the cap and waited for a match.

Then, last month, 21-year-old Tyrone Swan went to jail in a driving under the influence case.

When authorities ran his DNA through a CODIS data bank, they say they came up with a match to the ball cap in the Austin case.

Swan’s attorney says there’s no evidence presented as to where the cap was found.

However, prosecutor Mark Tranquilli said that in addition to the cap, there is an eyewitness that also identified Swan.

Swan was held for trial after a preliminary hearing Friday morning. He remains in the Allegheny County Jail.

Baseball Cap Leads To Arrest In 2008 Shooting

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Most of those who commit the crime just happen to be of a race other than caucassion. Hey its not our fault. Do the crime do the time.

demetri

racist comment

Eray r

good job
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demetri

what the hell?! that doesnt sound like anytype of evidence AT ALL! a hat means he murdered someone?!! and a witness that was bribed or forced into pointing the finger?
honesty

this was in 2008, what took so long it is three years later, it all sounds fake to me