Pittsburgh, PA – Allegheny County Police homicide suspect
Darshele Maurice Johnson was apprehended this morning by members of the United
States Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force (WPAFTF). Johnson, age
39, was charged by the Allegheny County Police on August 17, 2014, with
Criminal Homicide and Carrying a Firearm without a License following an
investigation into the shooting death of Christopher Moss. Johnson allegedly
shot Moss after the two fought inside a Penn Hills apartment on Frankstown
Road. Moss later died at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital of a gunshot wound to the
abdomen.
On August 25, 2014, the Allegheny County Police requested
the assistance of the WPAFTF with locating Johnson. The nearly four month
WPAFTF investigation revealed Johnson had ties to Penn Hills, Wilkinsburg and
East Liberty and was last known to stay in Oakmont. Based upon recently
developed information, Johnson was arrested by Task Force personnel at
approximately 6:30 am this morning without incident in the 4900 block of
Breesport Street. Following his arrest at this residence in the Garfield
section of Pittsburgh, he was turned over to Allegheny County Homicide
Detectives.
The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force is comprised of
officers from the Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Board of Probation
and Parole, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, Allegheny County Sheriffs, and
Westmoreland County. These agencies, along with the United States Attorney’s
Office, are participating members of the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania
Fugitive Task Force.
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