Pittsburgh man arrested for fatal Hill District shooting

An 18-year-old Pittsburgh man was arrested Saturday for the fatal shooting June 24 of a teenager in the city’s Hill District, according to police.

Shaun Scott was arrested for the shooting death of Maleek Thomas, also 18, police said in a news release.

The shooting occurred shortly before 2:45 p.m. in the area of the Bedford Dwellings apartments. Thomas was taken to UPMC Mercy, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 3 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s initial report.

City police said the Thomas was in critical condition after he was shot in the torso while in the 2400 block of Chauncey Drive.

Police said they received reports of nine gunshots being fired. Three vehicles were struck by gunfire, but no one else was found injured.

Scott was arraigned on charges of criminal homicide, carrying a firearm without a license and illegal possession of a firearm.

Police reported charges were also filed against Scott on separate charges of shots being fired into a vehicle in Lincoln Lemington and possessing a stolen firearm.

He was ordered held in the county jail without bond.