Local Man Killed In West Mifflin Shooting After Trying To Break Up Fight
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (KDKA) -- One person was killed overnight after a shooting in the 100 block of Palmer Lane in West Mifflin.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the victim as 20-year-old Anthony Orosco. Officials determined that he was shot in the chest. Police and EMS responded to the scene around 10:24 p.m., and Orosco was taken to UPMC McKeesport where he died at 11:06 p.m.
In their investigation, Allegheny County Homicide detectives discovered there had been a party at the residence of the alleged shooter 19-year-old Dante Terrell King, where he had a few friends, including Orosco, over. An argument erupted between King and his mother over one of his friends having drunk too much and thrown up on the bathroom floor. She demanded he clean it up, and, as the argument escalated, King said he felt that she was disrespecting him.
King's mother pulled out a firearm, and he punched her. King called his brother to pick him up from the residence and recovered his sister's firearm. King told police that Orosco had tried to take the gun from King to deescalate the situation, but King felt that he couldn't trust the firearm to anyone. He went on to say that a struggle began between him and Orosco and that his finger slipped on the trigger. He did not call 911 but did apply pressure to the wound and stayed behind to "own up to what he did."
"Just tragic that it happened with all those people there," neighbor Ronald McKee Jr. said.
When police arrived, King exited the trailer where the party was being held. According to the affidavit, he would not show his hands to officers and kept his left hand inside his pocket.
King's mother reportedly screamed at King "you killed him" and he responded back with "I'm sorry."
King has been arrested and is being charged with one count of criminal homicide. He is currently in the Allegheny County Jail.
The shooting occurred at the New Colony Mobile Home Park, the same trailer park where a 6-year-old boy was shot and killed by his brother in 2017.
McKee said there are rules in their leases for these situations. He said King's mother could lose her home in the trailer park.
"I hope [she] doesn't, but [she] could," he said.
