A man accused of fatally stabbing a woman in Penn Hills has been charged with homicide, and now police say they’ve linked him to nearly a half-dozen other crimes across the area.
Allegheny County Police said in a press release on Saturday that while investigating 45-year-old Jinx Hairston’s death, they connected the suspect, 43-year-old George Mitchell II of Homestead, to several other violent crimes on Thursday, including two hit-and-run crashes that injured four people, a carjacking and an attempted stabbing.
Suspect charged in fatal stabbing
County police said it all began when they were notified around 9:30 p.m. Thursday about a stabbing on Penny Drive. Investigators said Mitchell drove Hairston to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
After talking to witnesses and reviewing surveillance video, police said they learned Mitchell was responsible for the stabbing. As they continued to investigate, police said they connected Mitchell to a string of violent incidents.
Police lay out crime spree timeline
County police on Saturday detailed a timeline of the alleged crime spree, saying it began shortly after 3 p.m. when the Eastern Regional Mon Valley Police Department was dispatched to Bell Avenue in North Braddock after a woman said a man approached her from behind, grabbed her and held a gun to her head. She told police he chased her around a parking lot while pointing the gun at her as she tried to get away…