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Eric Guy Kelly was a 41-year-old Pittsburgh police officer who was killed on April 4, 2009, after responding to a domestic disturbance in the Stanton Heights neighborhood while off duty. Officers Stephen Mayhle and Paul Sciullo had already been shot by the suspect, Richard Poplawski, who was firing an AK-47 from his home. As Officer Kelly exited his vehicle to assist, he was mortally wounded by gunfire; he managed to call in the shooting and direct responding officers to the scene before being pulled from the line of fire and later dying at a local hospital.

Poplawski, reportedly armed with several guns and wearing a bullet-resistant vest, engaged patrol and SWAT officers in a four-hour standoff during which over 100 rounds were fired. He was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated homicide and assault. Officer Kelly had served 14 years with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and was a United States Marine Corps veteran. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.

Did anyone in Stanton Heights that night see or hear anything that could add detail about the sequence of events leading up to the shootings?