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Police ID man killed as he urinated

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Published: Sept. 19, 2012 at 2:57 PM

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh police have identified a man shot and killed as he urinated over a railing.

Roosevelt Robinson, 35, of Wilkinsburg, Pa., had taken a break from a game of dominoes about 11 p.m. Tuesday and relieved himself from atop a covered second-story portico when witnesses said they heard someone shouting "Yo! Yo!" from below. Moments later, shots rang out and Robinson collapsed, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

Police took a suspect into custody a short distance away from the home where Robinson was killed but had not released the man's identity.

Robinson was hit once and pronounced dead a short time later at an area hospital.

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