By Associated Press - Saturday, May 5, 2018

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Authorities say police responding to a reported motorcycle crash in Pittsburgh found that the rider had been shot to death.

Officers were called to the Shadyside neighborhood shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday and found 47-year-old Stephen Drake Jr. with a gunshot wound to the lower trunk.

The Allegheny County coroner’s office said he was pronounced dead at a hospital.



Witnesses reported hearing several gunshots in the area. Police reported finding shell casings in the street. No arrests were immediately announced.

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