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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, former Center Township police officer John J. Hawk pleaded guilty on Tuesday to killing a man in Monaca. Kenneth Vinyard was the victim that died after a shooting outside the Monaca Walmart on November 6th, 2022. Hawk allegedly sweeped the leg of Vinyard and hit him to the ground before Vinyard died that same day. Hawk received a probation of five years after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment, simple assault and involuntary manslaughter.