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2 fatally shot in separate incidents in Pittsburgh area

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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Authorities in western Pennsylvania say two men were shot and killed in separate locations in the Pittsburgh area.

The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office says 36-year-old Lamar Pondexter was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the Carrick neighborhood.

Thirty-four-year-old James Lipford of Homewood was shot in Penn Hills, about 10 miles east of Pittsburgh, and pronounced dead just after 4:30 a.m. at UPMC Mercy.

City and county detectives have not announced any arrests in either slaying.

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