REPORTER BOB MAYO, WITH THE D.A. THIS EVENING, AND BOB, DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THIS CASE? >> ONE OF SEVERAL SPOTS VISITED BY DA’S APOLLO, ALONG WITH OTHER INVESTIGATORS. THIS IS PART OF HIS OFFICES REVIEW OF ALL OF ROUTES ALONG WHICH HE WAS FOLLOWED. >> YOU CAN READ IT OR SEE A PICTURE OF IT, BUT YOU DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT. >> THIS AREA BETWEEN TWO HOMES ON 3RD AVENUE IS A KEY AREA, WHERE JUSTIN MCINTIRE, A POLICE CHIEF, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A FLEEING SUSPECT. >> CHIEF MCINTIRE HAD HIS TASER DRAWN, HE DID NOT HAVE HIS SERVICE WEAPON. HIS INTENTION WAS TO APPREHEND A CRIMINAL, BUT HE WAS NOT GOING TO USE DEADLY FORCE. >> THE COMMUNITIES INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECT RESPOND. >> WITH ONLY FOUR OFFICERS RESPONDING, IT’S NOT INCONCEIVABLE THAT HE GOT BEHIND HIM. THAT’S WHAT HE DID. >> HE BELIEVES THAT THE OPPOSITE DID A GOOD JOB THAT DAY AND THAT THE SCENE VISIT AND CASE REVIEW MAY LEAD TO MORE RESOURCES. >> INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY TO GIVE THEM A PERIMETER RAIN. THAT STARTED WITH A COUPLE OF THE DEPARTMENTS. THAT WOULD HELP. >> THE D INDICATES THAT WHILE SWAN WAS KILLED LATER ON, THERE IS AN OPEN ASPECT TO THE CASE. >> SWAN WAS WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. HE IS NOT COMPLICIT IN THE HOMICIDE, BUT I DO BELIEVE HE IS COMPLICIT IN OTHER CRIMINAL CONDUCT. SO, WE INTEND TO EXPORT THAT THOROUGHLY. >> IS APOLLO PROMISES A REPORT TO THE PUBLIC IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF THE FINDINGS OF THIS REVIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO CHIEF MCINTIRE STAFF.
D.A. visits scenes related to killing of Brackenridge Police Chief McIntire
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Updated: 6:23 PM EST Jan 25, 2023
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala joined county police and municipal police Wednesday in visiting several scenes related to the investigation of the day Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire was shot and killed."Sometimes you can read it or you can see a picture of it but you really don't understand it," Zappala said in explaining his interest in the site visits.A key scene visited by the D.A. with detectives was the area between two homes on Third Avenue in Brackenridge where McIntire was ambushed, shot and killed by fleeing suspect Aaron Swan, Jr."I would like to say this: Chief McIntire had his Taser drawn; he did not have his service weapon drawn. His intention was to apprehend a criminal, but he wasn't going to use deadly force," Zappala said.The communities involved in the search for Swan that day have small police departments."With only four officers responding initially, it's not hard to conceive a scenario where he (Swan) would get behind you and that's what he did," Zappala said.Honoring Chief McIntire:Brackenridge police chief was ambushed during deadly shooting, police sayFinal farewell to Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntireSecond T-shirt sale announced for fallen Brackenridge police chiefZappala said he thought the officers did a good job that day. He believes this scene visit and case review may lead to more needed resources for their police departments."Some investment in some technology, to give these guys an extended perimeter, maybe. I mean, those are discussions I started with a couple of the departments. Would that help? Yes, absolutely," Zappala said.The DA indicated that, while swan was later shot and killed during a confrontation with police in Pittsburgh, there is an open aspect to the case."Swan was with somebody else. He's not complicit in the homicide, but I do believe he's complicit in some other criminal conduct Swan was engaged in, so we intend to explore that thoroughly," Zappala said.Zappala promises a report to the public in about two weeks of the findings of his review of the circumstances leading to McIntire's killing."I think the community really needs to know exactly what happened, from start to finish," Zappala said. "I'm going to try to get this wrapped up as best I can within the next ten days to two weeks, so please bear with me."
BRACKENRIDGE, Pa. — Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala joined county police and municipal police Wednesday in visiting several scenes related to the investigation of the day Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire was shot and killed.
"Sometimes you can read it or you can see a picture of it but you really don't understand it," Zappala said in explaining his interest in the site visits.
A key scene visited by the D.A. with detectives was the area between two homes on Third Avenue in Brackenridge where McIntire was ambushed, shot and killed by fleeing suspect Aaron Swan, Jr.
"I would like to say this: Chief McIntire had his Taser drawn; he did not have his service weapon drawn. His intention was to apprehend a criminal, but he wasn't going to use deadly force," Zappala said.
The communities involved in the search for Swan that day have small police departments.
"With only four officers responding initially, it's not hard to conceive a scenario where he (Swan) would get behind you and that's what he did," Zappala said.
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Zappala said he thought the officers did a good job that day. He believes this scene visit and case review may lead to more needed resources for their police departments.
"Some investment in some technology, to give these guys an extended perimeter, maybe. I mean, those are discussions I started with a couple of the departments. Would that help? Yes, absolutely," Zappala said.
The DA indicated that, while swan was later shot and killed during a confrontation with police in Pittsburgh, there is an open aspect to the case.
"Swan was with somebody else. He's not complicit in the homicide, but I do believe he's complicit in some other criminal conduct Swan was engaged in, so we intend to explore that thoroughly," Zappala said.
Zappala promises a report to the public in about two weeks of the findings of his review of the circumstances leading to McIntire's killing.
"I think the community really needs to know exactly what happened, from start to finish," Zappala said. "I'm going to try to get this wrapped up as best I can within the next ten days to two weeks, so please bear with me."
