Police Searching For Suspect In Dormont Homicide
DORMONT (KDKA) -- Police are searching for a suspect after a shooting victim's body was found in a backyard in Dormont.
Friday morning, officers were told to be on the lookout for Timothy Bevan, 23. He's believed to be driving a 1993 blue Cadillac sedan with PA registration KBV-1657.
Investigators were first called Thursday to the 2700-block of Espy Avenue over reports of an unresponsive man found in a yard.
Just before noon, the homeowner, who does not want to be identified, says as she let her dog out, she noticed the man in her backyard with his head on her bottom step. He wasn't moving.
A Dormont homeowner finds a man shot to death in the back yard. pic.twitter.com/zZqF963fS7
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Police say the yard is not visible from the street.
"This was a nice neighborhood, till this got to it," said neighbor Richard Maier. "It's scary."
The man had been shot at least twice and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office identifies the victim as 35-year-old Chaz Robinson of Dormont.
Investigators said they believe Robinson, nicknamed "Smoke," was wounded Wednesday evening and ran from the shooting scene to the backyard of the Espy Avenue home to hide, but he collapsed and died there.
NEW: Medical Examiner identifies shooting victim as 35 yr old Chaz Robinson found fatally shot in Dormont. pic.twitter.com/fvjitmpcLq
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The shooting incident on Wednesday happened around 8 p.m. at the intersection of LaSalle and Broadway Avenues.
"About 8 o'clock last night, I heard fireworks. I looked out the window and didn't see nothing," said Maier. "I just heard fireworks… like rapid fire."
Dormont Police responded to the area near the shooting scene Wednesday evening where they found ballistic evidence at that time, but no victim.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Dormont Police or the Allegheny County Police homicide unit at 412-473-1300.
They are also asking anyone with surveillance cameras in the area to contact them.
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