(Credit for Photo: Courtesy of KDKA, Caption for Photo: Police investigate a deadly shooting on South Avenue in Wilkinsburg on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Wilkinsburg, PA) The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has now identified a man who was killed in a shooting in Wilkinsburg last week. According to the Allegheny County Police Department, just after 8:30 p.m. last Tuesday, the county dispatch was alerted to a shooting in the 700 block of South Avenue. First responders arrived and found a man who had been shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified him as 31-year-old John Jackson. An early investigation found that a man had been shot in the roadway at the intersection of South Avenue and Center Avenue. No suspects have been identified at this time and anyone with information about this incident is being asked to call the Allegheny County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS.