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06-22-2018, 12:18 AM
Unarmed black teen killed by cop was shot in upper body while fleeing; death ruled homicide (https://abcnews.go.com/US/devastated-family-unarmed-black-teen-shot-dead-died/story?id=56055805) originally appeared on abcnews.go.com (https://abcnews.go.com)
An unarmed Pennsylvania teenager killed by police while fleeing a traffic stop was shot in the upper body, the medical examiner said.
The death of Antwon Rose, 17, who was African-American, was ruled a homicide, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner added.
Rose was shot dead by an East Pittsburgh police officer Tuesday after the teen and two others were pulled over in a car believed to have been connected to an earlier shooting that night.
The deadly shooting was caught on cell phone video, which is being reviewed by authorities.
The officer who shot Rose was identified by the Allegheny County Police Department as 30-year-old Michael Rosfeld. The Allegheny County Police Department is leading the investigation into the shooting.


The deadly incident began with a separate shooting about 15 minutes earlier, when someone in a passing car shot and wounded a 22-year-old man. The victim also returned fire at the passing car, police said.
"Witnesses described the vehicle involved in the shooting, and the description was broadcast" to officers, police said.


An East Pittsburgh police officer spotted a car matching the description -- a silver Chevy Cruze -- and pulled the car over at 8:40 p.m., police said.
The 20-year-old driver -- whom ABC has confirmed operated as a Jitney driver, which is similar to ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft -- was ordered out of the car and directed to the ground, police said.
Rose and another passenger in that car fled on foot, police said.
The officer shot three times at Rose as he fled and struck him three times, police said.
The other passenger, who has not been identified, remains at large, police said.


Rose did not have a weapon on him and none of the three suspects fired at officers, police said, adding that "two firearms were later recovered from the suspect vehicle."
The driver was detained and later released, police said. Allegheny County Police investigators have not provided more details on the driver.

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