A Pittsburgh mother of two was shot and
killed on Friday (Jan. 22) after declining a
man’s advances at a local bar. Janese
Talton-Jackson, 29, was found lying in the
street on North Lang Avenue at approximately
2 a.m., after a shooting was reported in the
Homewood area.
The assailant, 41-year-old Charles McKinney,
was later taken into police custody after a
brief chase.
According to reports, Talton-Jackson was
approached by McKinney at Cliff’s Bar, where
she declined to speak with him. McKinney
then followed her as she left the bar, and shot
her in the chest. As authorities arrived on the
scene, McKinney was the subject of a traffic
stop when he heard an officer’s radio
announce a nearby shooting. He sped off, and
police chased him and fired shots after him.
He was captured after crashing into a parked
vehicle, taken to a hospital to treat his
wounds, and charged thereafter.
McKinney faces charges of homicide, two
counts of aggravated assault, firearms
without a license, fleeing or attempting to
elude police, two counts of possession with
intent to deliver, two counts of recklessly
endangering another person and reckless
driving, WTAE reports.
“I just think it’s sad. Somebody has to do
something about the gun control, it’s just
getting out of hand and it just [isn’t] safe to
walk the streets no more,” one man told CBS
Pittsburgh .
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