Man accused of killing Brackenridge police chief has lengthy criminal history

Records show the man accused of killing Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire and shooting a Tarentum officer has a lengthy criminal history.Police said they shot and killed Aaron Swan Jr., 28, after he got into a shootout with police Monday night in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood.Swan's criminal history starts in 2013 when he pleaded guilty to theft and disorderly conduct and received probation.In 2014, Swan was charged with homicide when a Larimer man was found dead in the parking lot of Mount Ararat Baptist Church. Prosecutors withdrew that charge when Swan agreed to cooperate and testify against another man who was convicted of the killing.Records show Swan pleaded guilty to robbery/serious bodily injury and conspiracy. He was sentenced to three to six years in prison but was released after just over one year.Also in 2017, court records show he received probation after pleading guilty to having an illegal firearm, taunting a police animal, escape, reckless endangerment, criminal trespass and resisting arrest.In 2019, records show he pleaded guilty to drug distribution and was sent back to prison until being paroled in June 2021.In November 2021, he was charged with theft, simple assault and terroristic threats. A police report says Swan stole a Glock pistol from a car parked on the South Side. When the gun owner showed up, the two men fought. Police say Swan threatened to kill the gun owner and then ran to a nearby park. The police never caught him.Weeks later, on Christmas Day, police tracked Swan to a Penn Hills apartment complex using Apple AirPods that Swan allegedly stole, according to a criminal complaint. Officers found him asleep in his car with a green Glock pistol and ordered him to get out. Swan tried to drive away, but his car got stuck. The police report says he jumped out of the car and ran into the nearby woods.That was his last contact with law enforcement until Monday's shootings.According to the Department of Corrections, Swan's parole was revoked in April after he failed to report to his parole officer.

PITTSBURGH —

Records show the man accused of killing Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire and shooting a Tarentum officer has a lengthy criminal history.

Police said they shot and killed Aaron Swan Jr., 28, after he got into a shootout with police Monday night in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood.

Swan's criminal history starts in 2013 when he pleaded guilty to theft and disorderly conduct and received probation.

In 2014, Swan was charged with homicide when a Larimer man was found dead in the parking lot of Mount Ararat Baptist Church. Prosecutors withdrew that charge when Swan agreed to cooperate and testify against another man who was convicted of the killing.

Records show Swan pleaded guilty to robbery/serious bodily injury and conspiracy. He was sentenced to three to six years in prison but was released after just over one year.

Also in 2017, court records show he received probation after pleading guilty to having an illegal firearm, taunting a police animal, escape, reckless endangerment, criminal trespass and resisting arrest.

In 2019, records show he pleaded guilty to drug distribution and was sent back to prison until being paroled in June 2021.

In November 2021, he was charged with theft, simple assault and terroristic threats. A police report says Swan stole a Glock pistol from a car parked on the South Side. When the gun owner showed up, the two men fought. Police say Swan threatened to kill the gun owner and then ran to a nearby park. The police never caught him.

Weeks later, on Christmas Day, police tracked Swan to a Penn Hills apartment complex using Apple AirPods that Swan allegedly stole, according to a criminal complaint. Officers found him asleep in his car with a green Glock pistol and ordered him to get out. Swan tried to drive away, but his car got stuck. The police report says he jumped out of the car and ran into the nearby woods.

That was his last contact with law enforcement until Monday's shootings.

According to the Department of Corrections, Swan's parole was revoked in April after he failed to report to his parole officer.

Man accused of killing Brackenridge police chief has lengthy criminal history

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