(McKees Rocks, Pa.) 24- year-old Brook Lank was arrested shortly before 8 PM last night by Allegheny County Police in connection with the death of 22-year-old Anthony Loften. Lofton’s body was found around 6:30 a.m. Sunday in Derby Alley in McKees Rocks. He had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lank and Loften were dating and got into an argument on the way to make a drug deal in McKeesport. Lank admitted to shooting Loften in the head and then shooting him two more times while he was still breathing and reaching for her.
A third person that Lank picked up said he thought Lofton was sleeping until she asked him to help remove Lofton from the car and place on the street in Derby Alley. Lank is charged with criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse. She was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.