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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to the Allegheny County Police on Friday night, thirty-eight-year-old Stanley West faces charges including homicide in connection with a shooting that occurred at the Pittsburgh Motel in Robinson Township on Friday afternoon at around 1 p.m. West is accused of shooting and killing the hotel manager and injuring a woman. Police noted that city and county detectives in Allegheny County tracked a U-Haul driven by the suspect to Wilner Drive in the East Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh and the supsect opened fire when police approached the vehicle. A Pittsburgh Police detective was also shot in the leg and that detective was in critical condition after being taken to a hospital. Fifty-year-old Rakesh Ehagaban of Robinson died at the scene while West was last listed in critical condition after being taken to the hospital. According to Allegheny County Superintendent Christopher Kearns, the suspect shot his “female companion” after an argument in the parking lot of the Pittsburgh Motel. The Pennsylvania State Police are investigating this incident and the officers that were involved in this shooting were placed on administrative leave pending the investigation. West is charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangerment.