Man receives two life sentences for 2022 murder of mother, 4-year-old child in Pittsburgh
NOW ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. A RESIDENT TELLING ME NOW THREE TIMES HE’S HAD HIS PARKED CAR SIDESWIPED COMING UP, THE ISSUES HE SEES ARE ONGOING. HOT METAL STREET TONIGHT, OAKMONT HIGH PROFILE BOROUGH MEETING. WHETHER OR NOT THE BOROUGH WILL COOPERATE WITH ICE AGENTS. THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON BEING REMEMBERED HERE IN PITTSBURGH. WE TALKED TO LOCAL LEADERS WHO REMEMBER HIS TIME HERE AND HIS IMPACT. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT SEVEN STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT 7:00 ON COZI TV. I’M MIKE CLARK. WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. EVERSON BOROUGH COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES TONIGHT IN FAYETTE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY JASON FRAZIER IS ACCUSED OF PLACING AN APPLE AIRTAG ONTO THE POLICE CHIEF’S CAR AND OBSTRUCTING THE INVESTIGATION. WHEN THE DA SAYS HE TRIED TO GET APPLE TO NOT GIVE INFORMATION TO THE DETECTIVES WHO SOUGHT A SEARCH WARRANT ON APPLE, HE IS CHARGED WITH STALKING, OBSTRUCTION AND HARASSMENT. TONIGHT, TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A CHEMICAL REACTION AT THE ATI PLANT IN VANDERGRIFT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY. WE’RE BEING TOLD OFFICIALS WITH ATI TELL US IT HAPPENED WHILE A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR WAS CLEANING OUT SECONDARY CONTAINMENTS FOR STORAGE TANKS WHEN THE REACTION HAPPENED. THIS WORK WAS BEING DONE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING SNOWMELT AND RAINWATER. ALL EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD, AND CONTRACTORS ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR, AND THERE IS NO RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW. A WATER LEAK IS IMPACTING A LARGE PART OF WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, ACCORDING TO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. THE CONTRACTOR HIT A LARGE WATER LINE AND CREWS ARE NOW WORKING TO GET THAT WATER RESTORED. NO WORD YET ON JUST HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE. WE’RE GOING TO TURN RIGHT NOW TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER AND WOW, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, WARM, SUNNY DAY OUT THERE TODAY. YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE OVER DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH FROM OUR ACTION CAM AT 701, WE’RE JOINED BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. WE’RE STAYING WARM, BUT WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME RAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. YEAH, A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN THAT WILL BE MOVING IN EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, BUT IT IS GOING TO STAY WARM. AND RIGHT NOW QUITE MILD. AT 52 DEGREES. WE HIT A HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY OF 59 DEGREES. CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 50 IN CRANBERRY, 44 IN BUTLER, 54 IN GREENSBURG AND 52 IN UNIONTOWN. IT IS NOW 47 DEGREES IN WASHINGTON. AND AS WE GO THROUGH TOMORROW, IT WILL BE EVEN WARMER. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. FOR TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE SOME OFF AND ON SHOWERS AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. PRETTY SPORADIC THOUGH. TAKING A LOOK AT THE RADAR. YOU CAN SEE RAIN SHOWERS JUST BEGINNING TO SHOW UP AND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT THREE DAYS, THIS IS WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT. WARM TEMPERATURES RIGHT ON THROUGH THE WEEK. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY GET A LITTLE BAND COMING THROUGH ABOUT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, LIGHT SHOWERS AND THEN AGAIN AT NOON. COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN MOVING THROUGH. AND THEN LATER IN THE DAY, MAYBE A FEW SPRINKLES OR SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS. BUT THAT IS ABOUT IT. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A VERY HEAVY RAIN, AND IT WILL BE PRETTY SPREAD OUT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY. WARMER AT 60 DEGREES FOR A HIGH RAIN SHOWERS COMING IN THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE WITH US UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY VERY WARM, HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 60 DEGREES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MIKE. MULTIPLE PARKED CARS WERE HIT ON PITTSBURGH STREET, ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA BY ONE PERSON IMPACTED BY THIS. RESIDENTS ON THIS NARROW STREET SAYS IT’S BEEN AN ISSUE THAT’S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ IS IN BEECHVIEW TONIGHT, WHERE THOSE RESIDENTS SAY THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH. ALSO TELLS ME THAT HE’S LIVED ON THIS NARROW ROAD FOR YEARS. HE’S USED TO IT, BUT HE’S NOT USED TO IS HAVING HIS CAR SIDESWIPED WHILE PARKED. AND IT’S BEEN HAPPENING MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS IS NOW THE THIRD TIME MY CAR HAS BEEN HIT. MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET HAS HAD HIS CAR HIT THREE TIMES. SO ALL WITHIN THIS BLOCK I’VE HAD PROBABLY SIX CARS GET HIT AND IT HAPPENED BACK TO BACK WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. BUT SCULLY TELLS ME HE’S SEEN THE ISSUE REALLY PICK UP ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. IN THIS VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THAT LAST INSTANCE JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN A TRUCK ATTEMPTS TO GO AROUND THIS SCHOOL BUS, HE WINDS UP HITTING HIS VEHICLE ABOUT THREE TIMES, LEADING TO THE FRONT BUMPER BEING SEVERELY DAMAGED. AND THAT DRIVER JUST FLED THE SCENE. SCULLY SAYS HE’S REACHED OUT TO THE CITY HOPING TO GET A SPEED BUMP INSTALLED, OR EVEN MAKE METHYL STREET A ONE WAY, HE SAYS. THAT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND NOTHING HAS FOLLOWED UP SINCE THEN. HE SAYS HE AND HIS NEIGHBORS HAVE TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, SO NO MORE CARS GET DAMAGED. I KNOW IT’S ILLEGAL TO PARK ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT SOMETIMES THAT’S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO. IF WE’RE PARKING THE STREET, THERE’S NO ONE GETTING BY. NOW, A POLICE REPORT HAS BEEN FILED IN THAT LATEST INCIDENT IN PITTSBURGH. POLICE DO TELL ME THAT THROUGH THE VIDEO, THEY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE MAKE, MODEL AND LICENSE PLATE OF THAT VEHICLE INVOLVED COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN BEECHVIEW. YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR WARNING TONIGHT FROM OAKDALE POLICE. SEVERAL VEHICLES WERE BROKEN INTO AND STOLEN THROUGHOUT THE BOROUGH. POLICE BELIEVE THESE ARE CONNECTED AND POTENTIALLY ORGANIZED. THEY SAY THAT SOME SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN USING TECHNOLOGY TO DISRUPT WI-FI NETWORKS AND THEN DISABLE SECURITY CAMERAS. MCDONALD POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SLEW OF BREAK INS AS WELL. SAY THAT THIS VEHICLE MAY BE INVOLVED IN BREAK-INS IN OAKDALE. THEY URGE YOU TO CALL 911 IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THESE THEFTS TONIGHT. OAKMONT COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON A RESOLUTION TO ENSURE ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN’T WORK WITH ICE. THIS COMES AFTER RESIDENT JOSE FLORES WAS DETAINED BY AGENTS A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND WHO HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM HAS OUR STORY TONIGHT. OAKMONT BOROUGH COUNCIL WILL TAKE A FORMAL STANCE ON WHERE THEY STAND ON THE ISSUE OF ICE AGENTS ARRESTING AND DETAINING IMMIGRANTS. OAKMONT AND ITS SMALL POPULATION OF 6700 RESIDENTS WERE THROWN INTO THE GROWING UNREST. IMMIGRATION SWEEPING THE COUNTRY. THIS FOLLOWS THE HIGH PROFILE ARREST AND DETENTION OF JOSE FLORES IN OAKMONT LAST MONTH. HIS DETAINMENT SPARKED OUTRAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY IS STRONG WITH THE FLORES FAMILY. THEY’RE STRONG WITH THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY THAT’S IN OAKMONT BOROUGH, AND THEY HONESTLY BELIEVE THEY NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE. THAT MESSAGE IS IN THE LANGUAGE OF RESOLUTION NINE. IT SAYS THAT OAKMONT BOROUGH WILL NOT ENGAGE IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF NON-CRIMINAL FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS. THAT IS WHAT OAKMONT SEVEN MEMBER BOROUGH COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON TONIGHT, THAT THEY WILL NOT HELP DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, SPECIFICALLY ICE, WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF NON-CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE BOROUGH AMONG GROUPS MOST OUTSPOKEN LOCALLY IS THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CASA SAN JOSE. I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW STARTING TO REALIZE THAT ICE ISN’T JUST GOING FOR CRIMINALS. THEY’RE GOING FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS. THEY’RE GOING FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND I. SO I’M HOPING THAT THE BOROUGH COMMITS TO NOT ENGAGING IN 87 G’S WITH THE WITH ICE. AND THAT BOROUGH MEETING TONIGHT BEGINS AT 7:00.
Man receives two life sentences for 2022 murder of mother, 4-year-old child in Pittsburgh
Updated: 7:56 PM EST Feb 17, 2026
A man received two consecutive life sentences for the murders of a mother and her young daughter in Pittsburgh. VIDEO: Top Stories on Action News 4Marquise St. Julien Givner, 23, of Wilkinsburg, received the sentences for the 2022 murder of Temani Lewis and her 4-year-old daughter, Kaari Thompson.Court papers said Givner was among four others who opened fire at Lewis’s vehicle while parked at a convenience store in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood. Officials said that he was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, criminal attempt, and criminal conspiracy. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
A man received two consecutive life sentences for the murders of a mother and her young daughter in Pittsburgh.
VIDEO: Top Stories on Action News 4
Marquise St. Julien Givner, 23, of Wilkinsburg, received the sentences for the 2022 murder of Temani Lewis and her 4-year-old daughter, Kaari Thompson.
Court papers said Givner was among four others who opened fire at Lewis’s vehicle while parked at a convenience store in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood.
Officials said that he was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, criminal attempt, and criminal conspiracy.
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