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Man Charged With Homicide After Crime Spree Tied to Wilkinsburg Hit-and-Run

Police say the 45-year-old is also accused in attacks across several towns that left a 14-year-old facing more surgeries.

Overview

  • George Mitchell Jr., 45, now faces a criminal homicide charge in the stabbing of Jinx Hairston following Thursday’s alleged rampage across Allegheny County.
  • Investigators say the spree began around 3 p.m. in North Braddock, where a man matching his description held a woman at gunpoint and fled in a black Cadillac.
  • Police report an attempted knife carjacking in Penn Hills minutes later and a crash on Sampson Street that struck a man and a 17-year-old.
  • The same black Cadillac then hit two girls on Doyle Street in Wilkinsburg, leaving 14-year-old Prudence Sibley with two broken legs, a fractured shoulder blade and pelvis, and more surgeries ahead.
  • Officers say Hairston was attacked at her Penny Drive home and later died at UPMC Mercy, and court papers note Mitchell once lived there under a protection-from-abuse order before his arrest after a crash on Frankstown Road.