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Allegheny County Police Arrest Suspect In Stowe Township Homicide

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

STOWE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) - Allegheny County Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that left one woman dead in Stowe Township.

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On Thursday, police and paramedics were called to the 700 block of Penn Alley for calls of a woman shot in the head.

When they arrived just before 8:00 a.m., they found a 28-year-old woman shot and she was transferred to a local hospital in critical condition.

She was pronounced dead just after 4:00 p.m.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office identified the woman as 28-year-old Kelly Cody.

County police's investigation found that 29-year-old Lauren Brown had been responsible for the shooting as well as the assault of a 31-year-old man.

Brown is currently housed at the Allegheny County Jail for parole violations and is facing charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, and firearm violations.

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