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Police: Victim IDs Beaver Co. Shooter Before Dying

Darius Odom Shot Overnight In Beaver County

POSTED: 11:31 am EDT July 9, 2009
UPDATED: 8:47 am EDT July 10, 2009

Police in Beaver County said they've made in arrest in a shooting that killed a 21-year-old man.

Shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, police were called to the 300 block of Todd Street in Aliquippa.

When they arrived, they found Darius Odom, of Aliquippa, suffering from a gunshot wound.

The victim was flown from the scene to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital where he later died.

WTAE's news exchange partners at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported 20-year-old Markez Priest turned himself in on Thursday.

Police said the motive for the shooting involved a dispute over a woman and that Odom identified Priest as the shooter before he died.




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