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In the early morning hours of June 26, 2013, 24-year-old Brian Cook was killed during a violent home invasion at his Versailles Avenue residence in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Cook was in bed with his girlfriend, Stephanie Pavlovic, and their one-year-old son when an intruder forced entry around 5:30 a.m. and fired multiple shotgun blasts into the dark bedroom. Cook was struck in the head and died; Pavlovic suffered a gunshot wound to her hand and survived; the child was unharmed.

Police arrested 19-year-old Talon Michael Perozich of White Oak and charged him with criminal homicide, attempted homicide, aggravated assault, burglary, and firearms violations, alleging the attack was over a small debt reported to be between $200 and $230, possibly for marijuana. At trial a prosecution witness said he had accompanied Perozich to the house but stayed in the hallway when shots were fired; Pavlovic could not definitively identify the shooter’s face. After eight hours of deliberation in October 2015, the jury acquitted Perozich on all charges, saying the evidence and witness credibility were insufficient to convict.

Does anyone have information about the incident, the people involved, or the events that morning that could shed light on what happened?