Penn Hills Man Who Killed Son's Pregnant Girlfriend Dies
PENN HILLS, Pa. (KDKA/AP) - A suburban Pittsburgh man who police say shot and killed his son's pregnant girlfriend before turning the gun on himself has died.
The Allegheny County medical examiner's office tells The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review William Lieberth Sr. died Sunday afternoon.
Investigators say the 58-year-old Lieberth shot and killed 26-year-old Theresa Smith outside his auto body shop on Friday. The newspaper reports that Smith and one of Lieberth's sons had two children together and were expecting a third.
A man nearby at the time of the shooting said he heard two shots, saw Smith lying on the ground, and then he heard another shot coming from behind the building.
"I just heard two shots and the lady laying on the ground over there beside the building and the man ran around the building and shot himself in the head," said the man who didn't want to be identified. "But that's about it. I ran outside to look, see what was going on."
Madeline McCaskell, who runs a daycare center down the street from the shooting scene, said she was shocked by what happened.
"I only knew her because she would come down and get her children off the bus, off the school bus when it pulled up," said McCaskell. "She would come down every day, we would have little small talk, then she would take her children, leave and go back home, she seemed to be a nice lady. It was a shock to me, unbelievable."
This isn't the first time Lieberth has been in the news.
Back in 2012, he fought against eviction due to the Route 28 expansion project. His Allegheny Auto Body business was once located along the busy stretch of road.
He was eventually evicted from the property by sheriff's deputies in early October 2012. At that point, he was the last remaining business owner along the construction zone. He moved the business about a year ago.
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