A Beaver Falls man today pleaded no contest to two counts of third-degree murder in the deaths of two men after a shootout during a gun deal on a West End street. 26-year-old Michael St. Clair of Beaver Falls, was charged in the November 2014 killings of 17-year-old Diondre Dozier and 18-year-old Martin Brown in Sheraden. Police responding to a shooting scene on Glenmawr Avenue on Nov. 17, 2014, found Diondre Dozier dead and the street littered with 75 shell casings and four guns, including two military-style assault weapons with banana clips. Brown’s body was found the following morning nearby. A white SUV fled the scene and was recovered on the North Side. Inside police found St. Clair’s cell phone and recovered his texts, which indicated he and two other men were going to rob the victims during a gun deal. One text said, “We’re going to hit that lick” and another said, “Let’s get at it.” A third text showed emojis of someone running, an explosion and a gun. Two other parties involved in the shooting have not been charged, although police know who they are. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Manning set sentencing for Jan. 3.

Investigators are searching for two people in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager in Aliquippa last week. The Beaver County Coroner’s Office says 16-year-old William Booher of Beaver died of a gunshot wound after the 8:30 p.m. Thursday gunfire. Police Chief Don Couch said a resident called 911 after a 13-year-old boy knocked on his front door and said his friend had been shot. Officers arrived to find a car parked in the middle of the street riddled with bullet holes and the youth’s body inside. Authorities identified 17-year-old Lawrence Reddick Jr. as the shooter. He is considered armed and dangerous. They are also trying to locate 18-year-old Dane Reed Mathesius, who police believe was in the car but has not been seen since the shooting. Investigators said today that they believe the shooting was the result of a botched drug deal, and they recovered a gun at the scene.

The Beaver County coroner was called last night to the scene of a fatal shooting in Aliquippa, where at least one person was struck by bullets. Emergency dispatchers say the shooting happened just before 8:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of Wade Street. While authorities have yet to release any details about the incident, they do say that at least six shots were fired into a tan Honda. According to police, a 16-year-old boy who was inside the car was shot and killed. Police took another teen into custody.

New Castle police say they’re looking for an armed and dangerous suspect from Detroit who escaped when they tried to arrest him. New Castle police Chief Robert Salem says his officers tried to arrest 34-year-old Ernest Chapman Thursday on drug and parole violation charges stemming from a recent police chase. Instead, Salem says Chapman put a gun to a friend’s head and made him drive away. After the car crashed, Chapman ran into some woods, though police believe he was later picked up by someone in another car. Because it’s near Interstate 80, it’s not uncommon for people from the Detroit area to be involved in drug trafficking in the city. Salem says Chapman is “armed and dangerous.”

More witnesses are expected to testify today in a preliminary hearing which began Monday, for two men charged in a burglary turned rape in Aliquippa last month. A woman testified Monday that she feared for her life while she was raped at gunpoint by two men who broke into a man’s home where she was visiting. 19-year-old Michael Guin and 17-year-old Malakai Helencamp are charged in the August 11th crimes. A third suspect – 18-year-old Clarence Larue – waived his right to the hearing. District Judge Tim Finn is expected to make a ruling on the charges this afternoon.