A Penn Hills man accused of shooting and killing a 28-year-old man in Fayette County is also wanted by local police for an April 16 shooting in Aliquippa.
UNIONTOWN — A Penn Hills man accused of shooting and killing a 28-year-old man in Fayette County is also wanted by local police for an April 16 shooting in Aliquippa.
Tyree Smith, 22, was charged Wednesday by the Uniontown City Police Department with homicide, two counts of aggravated assault, possession of an illegal firearm and reckless endangerment for the death of Richard Hinton, of Uniontown.
According to court records, Smith has not been taken into custody and is sought by investigators.
Uniontown police said officers were called at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday to a city home where Hinton was found dead of “multiple shotgun wounds.”
Smith was established as a suspect in the case and charged Wednesday morning. Police are also looking for a second man described as 5-feet, 8-inches tall with a large build, dark skin and “large ears.”
Smith was charged April 19 by Aliquippa police after he was connected to a local shooting.
According to an Aliquippa police report, on April 16 he shot into a house in the 300 block of Return Street in Aliquippa. Police said one resident’s family member had recently filed for a protection from abuse order against him.
Smith fled the scene after the shooting, police said.
According to the report, residents told officers Smith showed up and was “fighting to get into the house.” Police said Smith pulled out a black and silver handgun and fired into the house. About five people were inside at the time.
Officers found a shell casing on the street, police said.
According to the report, a woman contacted Aliquippa police that night and identified Smith as the shooter. Police said she reported Smith was headed back to Aliquippa because he left cocaine in the woman’s vehicle. However, he did not return to the area, police said.
According to the report, two of the victims on April 17 reported Smith was threatening them over Facebook. Police said the victims showed officers a video of Smith holding an assault rifle and threatening that he was “on his way to Aliquippa to kill all of them.”
Smith also claimed to be the cousin of a man charged with shooting five people at a 2016 picnic in Wilkinsburg, police said.
A police report filed by Aliquippa police lists Smith’s address as 328 Crescent Gardens Drive. Uniontown police did not release a recent address connected to him, but said he has ties to Aliquippa, Penn Hills and Pittsburgh.
Smith was charged by Aliquippa police with discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm without a license and illegal possession of a firearm.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Smith is asked to contact Uniontown police at 724-430-2929 or call 911.