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Suspect In 90-Year-Old Man's Shooting Death Arrested

The incident occurred Sunday in Pittsburgh's Greenfield neighborhood....

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — New details have emerged in the murder of Samuel Rende, including possible motives and bizarre details about the suspect himself.

90-year-old Samuel Rende succumbed to his injuries after being shot in the head by 27-year-old Anthony Miller yesterday. He died at 12:59 p.m. at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Medics transported him there from his pickup truck after having been found in critical condition.

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Rende was sitting his black Dodge Ram pickup in the passenger seat in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood. The car was stopped at the intersection of Hazelwood Avenue and Bray Street, in front of the entrance to Calvary Cemetary. Miller shot Rende through the driver’s window multiple times, hitting the 90-year-old at least one time in the head. No one else was inside the vehicle.

A witness heard shots being fired and saw Miller walk away from the truck with a gun in his hand,

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