Man found dead in Homewood house identified, incident ruled a homicide
A man found dead inside an abandoned Homewood house was identified Tuesday.
Brentell Lewmont Clark, 24, of Pittsburgh, was found on the third floor of the home. He had been shot in the face, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office and public safety spokesperson Cara Cruz.
Pittsburgh police from Zone 5 were called to the abandoned property in the 7600 block of Baxter Street at 4:45 p.m. Monday.
Detectives from the violent crime unit are investigating.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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