A routine domestic disturbance call in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, ended in tragedy on February 6, 2023, when 32-year-old Officer Sean Leonard Sluganski was shot and killed while responding on Wilson Street. Sluganski and his partner, Officer Chuck Thomas, encountered a 31-year-old man reportedly in a mental health crisis near Versailles Avenue. The man, identified as Jonathan Jemia Morris, allegedly produced a handgun and opened fire on the officers. Both officers were struck; Sluganski was fatally wounded and died at UPMC McKeesport, while Officer Thomas was critically injured.

Morris fled but was found a short time later at Versailles and Patterson, where he exchanged gunfire with a third officer before being shot and taken into custody. Morris was known to the McKeesport Police from prior incidents and was charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. Officer Sluganski had served two years with McKeesport after time with Charleroi Regional, and he is survived by a fiancée and a one-year-old daughter.

Does anyone have additional details about the scene that could help clarify the timeline of the officers arrival and the suspect’s movements?