PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter in a drug deal and subsequent shooting that left one man dead in Pittsburgh.
Dion Jackson, 22, admitted he went to buy drugs from Raheem Porter in July 2017, and Porter was killed during the sale, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Porter’s childhood friend Russell Page fired a bullet that inadvertently struck Porter while the three men were sitting in a car, according to prosecutors.
After Porter gave Jackson five bricks of heroin, Jackson pointed a gun at Page’s head, prosecutors said. Page tried to swat the gun out of Jackson’s hand, but it went off and hit Page’s collarbone. Page tried to return fire and shot Porter’s back.
Jackson fled from the car. Page rushed Porter to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, where he was pronounced dead.
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