‘I just shot my girlfriend 17 times’: Homicide trial opens against Munhall man who police say confessed

A homicide trial against a Munhall man began Monday with a detail the prosecution claimed is undisputed: that Darion Abel told a police officer, “I just shot my girlfriend 17 times.”

During opening remarks that ran 22 minutes, Allegheny County Assistant District Attorney Alexa Roberts said it’s not a question of whether Abel killed Miranda Grimm-Gilarski on Nov. 17, 2018, but whether he meant to do so and should be convicted of first-degree murder.

The district attorney’s office said it does…

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