Police: Teen linked to Antwon Rose police shooting arrested

A teen who was with Antwon Rose when he was shot and killed last week by East Pittsburgh police was arrested Monday night on unrelated charges, authorities said.

Allegheny County police did not identify the teen, but said they plan to charge him in connection with a drive-by in North Braddock that preceded the June 19 police shooting of Rose.

The North Braddock drive-by happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Kirkpatrick Avenue. A 22-year-old man wounded in that shooting was treated and released from a hospital.

At 8:40 p.m., East Pittsburgh police pulled over a vehicle near Grandview Avenue and Howard Street that matched the description of one involved in the North Braddock shooting, including gunfire damage to its back window.

As an officer later identified as Michael Rosfeld ordered the 20-year-old driver to the ground, two people ran from the car. Rosfeld opened fire, striking the 17-year-old Rose three times. The other person kept running.

The driver told police he had been working as a jitney driver and was released after questioning. Police found two guns in his car. Rose, who was unarmed when he was shot but had an empty handgun magazine in one of his pockets, was pronounced dead a short time later at UPMC McKeesport.

The shooting of Rose, who is black, has led to numerous demonstrations in and around Pittsburgh and sparked vigorous public debate nationally. Rose was eulogized in a private funeral service Monday. The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office is investigating whether to charge Rosfeld in the East Pittsburgh shooting.

Megan Guza is a Tribune-Review staff writer.