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Michael Coover Jr

Case from New-kensington, PA dated Jan 16, 2020

Victim Details

Michael Coover Jr

Male

Black / African American

New-kensington

PA

2020-01-16

33

Michael

Coover Jr

07/05/2026

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On a tragic January evening in 2020, 33-year-old Michael Coover Jr., a male resident of Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot while he was at a townhouse in the neighboring community of Arnold. The incident, which cut short a life remembered for a big heart and a beautiful smile, was the culmination of a period of escalating animosity, tragically played out through a series of threatening text messages exchanged between Coover and his assailant.

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  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Authorities ID Arnold homicide victim as Brackenridge man, 33
  • TribLIVE.com: Brackenridge man ID’d as victim in fatal Arnold shooting as police hunt for suspect
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