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2 men charged in Ohio Township homicide behind bars for separate recent crime sprees
By Pete DeLuca,
15 hours ago
Two men arrested this week for separate crime sprees in Washington and Allegheny Counties, Emmanuel Houghton and Tyler Stewart, are now charged with the murder of 18-year-old Jordan Geiger.
Geiger was found in a crashed car with a single gunshot wound under his arm near the intersection of Gass Road and Ben Avon Heights Road in Ohio Township on Aug. 2.
His mom, Suzan Ross, spoke to Channel 11 last week.
“He loved everybody,” she said. “He was so kind and caring. He has the biggest heart anybody can have. He wouldn’t hurt a fly. He was like a gentle giant.”
Allegheny County Police say Geiger met up with Houghton and Stewart on August 2 in the Giant Eagle parking lot off Ben Avon Heights Road to sell Houghton a tan Glock handgun.
Investigators say Houghton and Stewart both arrived in stolen cars before Stewart got out of his and into Houghton’s and they approached Geiger’s car together.
Stewart told police that Geiger handed Houghton the gun, Houghton told him, “You’re burnt,” and then a fight ensued.
Police paperwork reveals Stewart told investigators he heard Houghton fire one shot before driving off.
Houghton is the same man who eventually surrendered to police in Monongahela, Washington County on Wednesday night after a lengthy standoff.
He allegedly also fired several shots at a police cruiser earlier that day.
Houghton even live-streamed part of the standoff on Facebook showing off his guns, including what appears to be the tan Glock handgun that belonged to Geiger.
Houghton is also charged with stealing a car with his uncle from in front of a family’s home in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood last month.
Stewart was caught on camera leading Pittsburgh police and Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase before crashing into a car on Banksville Road in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood Wednesday night.
Police say he was driving a stolen Jeep Cherokee.
Stewart then allegedly tried to carjack an elderly couple before being chased down and tackled by good Samaritans.
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