NEWS THAT KICKED OFF THIS 5:00 NEWSCAST TONIGHT. THE MAN CAUGHT ON VIDEO PULLING A GUN ON A PASTOR PREACHING IN CHURCH. SUNDAY IS NOW CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS OWN COUSIN. EARLIER THAT DAY, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YAZMIN RODRIGUEZ IS THERE AS POLICE PROVIDE AN UPDATE TONIGHT. SHE JOINS US LIVE RIGHT NOW WITH MORE YASMIN. YEAH, GUYS, TONIGHT WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT BERNARD POLITE, THAT 26 YEAR OLD WHO’S BEEN CHARGED AFTER VIDEO SHOWS HIM ATTEMPTING TO SHOOT A PASTOR AT A CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING. HE’S NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE AFTER SHOOTING HIS COUSIN DEREK POLITE. THAT SAME MORNING. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE CONFIRMING THAT BERNARD POLITE SHOT HIS COUSIN DEREK ABOUT THREE HOURS BEFORE WALKING INTO JESUS’S DWELLING PLACE CHURCH IN NORTH BRADDOCK. SUNDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY DEREK POLITE WAS SHOT ONCE BY BERNARD AS HE WAS WALKING UP THE STAIRS TO THE HOME WHERE BOTH MEN LIVED TOGETHER. EVIDENCE RECOVERED AT THE SCENE SHOWS THE GUN USED IN BERNARD POLITE, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE GUN USED IN DEREK POLITE SHOOTING WAS THE SAME GUN USED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SHOOT PASTOR GLEN GERMANY. DEREK POLITE WAS DISCOVERED DEAD IN HIS HOME ON THE 500 BLOCK OF STOKES AVENUE SUNDAY MORNING, AFTER WITNESSES, REPORTS SEEING THAT ATTEMPTED CHURCH SHOOTING, FAMILY MEMBERS OF DEREK POLITE DID GO TO HIS RESIDENCE AND CHECK ON HIS WELL-BEING. THAT’S WHEN THEY DISCOVERED HIM DECEASED INSIDE HIS HOME. THERE’S NO INDICATION THERE WAS ANY KIND OF DISTURBANCE IN THE RESIDENCE. UH, WE SAW NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF ALTERCATION. IT APPEARS THE VICTIM WAS SHOT AS HE WAS WALKING UP THE STEPS FROM THE FIRST FLOOR TO THE SECOND FLOOR. POLICE ALSO SAYING AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO MOTIVE AS TO WHY BERNARD POLITE SHOT HIS COUSIN DEREK. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON WHAT UNFOLDED IN THIS PRESS CONFERENCE COMING UP AT SIX, BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE OUTSIDE
Man accused of pointing gun at pastor in North Braddock charged with separate legal murder
Bernard Junior Well mannered is accused of taking pictures his cousin, Derek Well mannered
Up to date: 8:42 PM EDT Might 7, 2024
Allegheny County police introduced legal murder fees within the demise of Derek Well mannered, who was discovered lifeless Sunday within the house of the person accused of pulling a gun on a pastor in North Braddock. Allegheny County police at the moment are setting a timeline of occasions that unfolded on Sunday.”We consider that the taking pictures demise of Derek Well mannered occurred round 10 a.m., previous to the incident afterward that afternoon on the church,” stated Allegheny Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns.In a narrative you noticed First on 4, a person, later recognized as 26-year-old Bernard Well mannered, interrupted a church service in North Braddock, pointing a gun on the pastor of Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church on Lobringer Avenue.The video circulated and prompted the household of Derek Well mannered to verify on his well-being on the residence, which each males shared. Police say Bernard Well mannered fired one shot, killing Derek Well mannered.”It seems the sufferer was shot whereas strolling up the steps from the primary flooring to the second flooring,” Kearns stated.At the moment, police haven’t decided a motive behind the taking pictures. It is also unknown why he tried to shoot Pastor Glenn Germany contained in the church. The pastor did inform Pittsburgh’s Motion Information 4, the motive he was given by Well mannered. “I stated, ‘What made you do it?’ I imply, ‘What have been you considering?’ And he stated, ‘I don’t know, it was only a thought in my thoughts, ideas coming to your head you simply do what the ideas say,'” Germany stated. Investigators have been in a position to verify the identical gun utilized in Derek Well mannered’s demise was the identical gun used on the church. >> Pastor tells WTAE he isn’t mad with man who pointed gun at him>> Physique present in house of gunman who pointed weapon at pastorWatch the complete information convention with county police within the video participant belowA information launch Tuesday stated Derek and Bernard Well mannered have been cousins. Bernard Well mannered is being charged with legal murder on this case.It is a creating story. Stick with Pittsburgh’s Motion Information 4 for updates. Obtain the WTAE cell app to remain linked with breaking information.
Allegheny County police introduced legal murder fees within the demise of Derek Well mannered, who was discovered lifeless Sunday within the house of the person accused of pulling a gun on a pastor in North Braddock. Allegheny County police at the moment are setting a timeline of occasions that unfolded on Sunday.
“We consider that the taking pictures demise of Derek Well mannered occurred round 10 a.m., previous to the incident afterward that afternoon on the church,” stated Allegheny Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns.
In a narrative you noticed First on 4, a person, later recognized as 26-year-old Bernard Well mannered, interrupted a church service in North Braddock, pointing a gun on the pastor of Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church on Lobringer Avenue.
The video circulated and prompted the household of Derek Well mannered to verify on his well-being on the residence, which each males shared. Police say Bernard Well mannered fired one shot, killing Derek Well mannered.
“It seems the sufferer was shot whereas strolling up the steps from the primary flooring to the second flooring,” Kearns stated.
At the moment, police haven’t decided a motive behind the taking pictures. It is also unknown why he tried to shoot Pastor Glenn Germany contained in the church. The pastor did inform Pittsburgh’s Motion Information 4, the motive he was given by Well mannered.
“I stated, ‘What made you do it?’ I imply, ‘What have been you considering?’ And he stated, ‘I don’t know, it was only a thought in my thoughts, ideas coming to your head you simply do what the ideas say,'” Germany stated.
Investigators have been in a position to verify the identical gun utilized in Derek Well mannered’s demise was the identical gun used on the church.
>> Pastor tells WTAE he’s not mad with man who pointed gun at him
>> Body found in home of gunman who pointed weapon at pastor
Watch the complete information convention with county police within the video participant under
A information launch Tuesday stated Derek and Bernard Well mannered have been cousins. Bernard Well mannered is being charged with legal murder on this case.
It is a creating story. Stick with Pittsburgh’s Motion Information 4 for updates. Download the WTAE mobile app to remain linked with breaking information.
