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Shaka McGhie

Case from Pittsburgh, PA dated Aug 23, 2015

Victim Details

Shaka McGhie

Male

Black / African American

Pittsburgh

PA

2015-08-23

24

Shaka

McGhie

06/22/2026

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On a late Sunday night in August 2015, a dispute that began over drug money escalated into a fatal encounter on the Parkway East in the Churchill area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, claiming the life of 24-year-old Shaka McGhie. The Forest Hills man was a passenger in a car when a violent struggle erupted.

The conflict centered around $17,000 that Keontre Easley, then 19, allegedly owed McGhie. According to Easley's account to the police, McGhie had forced him and his girlfriend to drive ar ...
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