GREENSBURG, Pa. -- Despite months of appeals by the Westmoreland County district attorney, warrants in the shooting death of state Sen. Bob Regola's 14-year-old neighbor were unsealed this week.

State police searched Regola's Hempfield Township house in August after his neighbor, Louis Farrell, 14, was shot, allegedly with Regola's gun.

According to documents released on Thursday, a computer and a safe were taken from the home. Inside the safe, investigators found three bottles of Crown Royal, a pair of brass knuckles, three computer discs and 10 sheets of pornographic material.

The search warrant listed the following items police were searching for in Regola's home:

- Clothing containing blood, including shoes
- Philly blunt cigars
- Winchester 9 mm shells
- Computer discs, drives and optical storage devices
- All computer hardware, including but not limited to any equipment that can collect, analyze, create, display, convert, store, conceal or transmit electronic, magnetic, optical or similar computer impulses or data.

An autopsy determined Farrell died of a single gunshot wound to the head. The senator's 9 mm handgun was found near the body, but authorities haven't determined whether the boy shot himself or was shot by someone else.

Regola's 16-year-old son, Robert Regola IV, seemed to know that Farrell was dead before anyone told him and was "somewhat deceptive" when questioned about how the gun wound up next to the body, according to a police search warrant affidavit.

"There was no evidence found in any form or shape that places young Bobby at the scene where young Louis died," said Mark Rush, the Regolas' attorney. "That's the most important thing. It's what wasn't found."

Police have not named any suspects, nor filed any charges.

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