PITTSBURGH — Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire was gunned down at close range on the afternoon of Jan. 2, struck by four bullets, two of which were fired through the back of his head while he was down, according to a harrowing account of the events laid out by the district attorney Friday.
The details brought to light the sequence of events that led to McIntire's killing and the history of Aaron Swan Jr., who killed McIntire before Swan was ultimately shot and killed by Pittsburgh police hours later.
District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. provided a detailed timeline of the events over the course of Jan. 1 and 2, when police across Allegheny County were told to look out for a vehicle being driven by Swan, who was wanted on weapons and fleeing charges. Zappala also outlined Swan's criminal past and his past run-ins with police.
