Penn Hils(PA) officer shot and killed after responding to domestic

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Penn Hills Police Officer Shot, Killed
Shooter Still At Large, May Have Fled In Jeep

PENN HILLS, Pa. -- A police officer in Penn Hills was shot to death on the job on Sunday night.

Allegheny County 911 dispatchers said the officer responded to a call on Johnston Road, located just off Frankstown Road, when he was shot after 8:30 p.m.

The county medical examiner said at about 10:45 p.m. that the officer had been pronounced dead at UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh.

The officer's name has not been released yet.


Police are searching for the shooter and a vehicle which was described as a dark green Jeep Cherokee with Pennsylvania plates reading HFC-6470.

A person described as a black male, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and 185 pounds, with brown eyes, is mentioned in a "be on the lookout" alert in connection with the Jeep.

Anyone with information regarding this shooting is asked to call police immediately.

Penn Hills borders the city of Pittsburgh. Several officers from the Pittsburgh Police Bureau's Zone 5 station were working the crime scene with Penn Hills and Allegheny County police on Sunday night.

The victim in Sunday's shooting was the fourth police officer to be killed on the job this year in Allegheny County.

Officers Eric Kelly, Stephen Mayhle and Paul Sciullo from the Pittsburgh Police Bureau were shot dead on a domestic call in the city's Stanton Heights neighborhood on April 4. The suspect in that case, 23-year-old Richard Poplawski, is awaiting trial on three counts of homicide.

Penn Hills Police Officer Shot, Killed - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh

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2 Shot Dead In Penn Hills, Including Police Officer
Police Continue To Search For Suspect
POSTED: 9:22 pm EST December 6, 2009
UPDATED: 8:21 am EST December 7, 2009


PENN HILLS, Pa. -- A Penn Hills police officer was shot to death while responding to a call at a house where another person was also killed on Sunday night, according to Allegheny County investigators, but the circumstances surrounding the deaths are still unclear.

County police Superintendent Charles Moffatt said the Penn Hills officer was shot with some sort of rifle -- possibly a high-powered assault-style weapon -- while he was still in his car after arriving at 201 Johnston Road at about 8:30 p.m.

As black wreaths were being placed outside the Penn Hills police station on Frankstown Road early Monday morning, Chief Howard Burton identified the slain officer from his department as 31-year-old Michael Crawshaw.

Officer Michael Crawshaw was 1 of 2 people killed in a Penn Hills shooting.

Burton said Crawshaw responded to a call that went to county 911 about someone inside a house with a gun. Crawshaw properly followed protocol by parking his car a few doors away from the scene and calling for backup, but while he was on his radio, someone walked up to the car and shot him, Burton said.

Crawshaw was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The medical examiner's office identified the second body at the crime scene -- which is located just off Frankstown -- as 40-year-old Danyal Morton of Pittsburgh. Police have yet to establish a motive for Morton's death and are reviewing 911 tapes to piece all of the night's events together.

A "be on the lookout" alert was sent for a dark green Jeep Cherokee after the shooting. That alert has been canceled, and a vehicle matching the description was recovered and taken to county police headquarters on a flatbed truck.

The Jeep alert also mentioned a man's name, but that man -- who is from Clairton -- quickly went to his local police department and said he had no involvement with the shootings and was released.

Channel 4 Action News' Ari Hait reported that Penn Hills police said officers are interviewing several people at police headquarters about the shooting, but no suspect is in custody.

Penn Hills borders the city of Pittsburgh. Several officers from the Pittsburgh Police Bureau's Zone 5 station worked the crime scene with Penn Hills and Allegheny County police on Sunday night.

Crawshaw was originally from the Shaler/Glenshaw area and worked for the University of Pittsburgh Police Department before moving to Penn Hills. He was not married and did not have children, Burton said.

Crawshaw is the fourth police officer to be killed on the job this year in Allegheny County.

Officers Eric Kelly, Stephen Mayhle and Paul Sciullo, all of the Pittsburgh Police Bureau, were shot dead on a domestic call in the city's Stanton Heights neighborhood on April 4. The suspect in that case, 23-year-old Richard Poplawski, is awaiting trial on three counts of homicide.

Crawshaw is the first Penn Hills police officer to be killed on the job in 37 years.

In 1972 Sgt. William Schrott and Officer Bartley Connolly were killed while working security detail at a mall.

2 Shot Dead In Penn Hills, Including Police Officer - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh

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