{"id":788626,"date":"2026-07-28T04:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/788626\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T04:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:35:20","slug":"man-dies-after-shooting-in-pittsburghs-northview-heights-1-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/788626\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after shooting in Pittsburgh&#8217;s Northview Heights; 1 charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man charged with criminal homicide after shooting in Pittsburgh&#8217;s Northview Heights<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/853c053a-375d-4f49-afda-568da22e36ea_1727472834.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Caitlyn Scott\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/news-team\/eed4f53d-7899-4f25-b735-209d3a8d8374\" aria-label=\"Chandi Chapman profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eed4f53d-7899-4f25-b735-209d3a8d8374_1583091193.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Chandi Chapman\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A shooting in Pittsburgh&#8217;s Northview Heights neighborhood is now being investigated as a homicide, court documents stated.   <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Police and medics were first called to Hazlett Street in the Northview Heights Estates housing development just before 4 p.m. on Sunday. Officials were called to an apartment following reports of a man who had been shot inside. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">When police arrived on the scene, they said the victim was found with at least two gunshot wounds. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Several shell casings and bullet holes were also found throughout the apartment. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he later died. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The Allegheny County Medical Examiner later identified the victim as 38-year-old Leshawn Rucker of Northview Heights. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Surveillance video from the area captured the suspect leaving the scene following the incident. He was later identified as Devaugh Tarver. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Once he was found and taken to police headquarters for questioning, the criminal complaint said Tarver told officers he and the victim were childhood friends. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Tarver said the victim came to the apartment he was staying at, which was a few units away from where the victim lived. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">The suspect said the victim accused him of stealing $300 and paying him with fake money. Tarver said the victim pulled a gun on him, took all his money, and took one of his firearms. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">Tarver said he then went to the victim&#8217;s apartment. He said the victim reached for a firearm, which led him to pull out his own and fire four to five shots. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">The criminal complaint said Tarver does not have a concealed carry permit. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">He is facing multiple charges, including criminal homicide and tampering with evidence.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man charged with criminal homicide after shooting in Pittsburgh&#8217;s Northview Heights PITTSBURGH \u2014 A shooting in Pittsburgh&#8217;s Northview&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15684,4,450,291374,295996,451,3,333386,333385,25283,291372,335411,452,453,291375,79961],"class_list":["post-788626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-action-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-demand-menu-subscribe","tag-email-weather-search","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-news-policies-news","tag-nowcast-pittsburgh","tag-page","tag-privacy-notice-term","tag-sunday-watch","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-use-nextfre","tag-wtae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}