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U.S. NEWS Monday 29 January 2018
Police:
Gunman who killed 4 at car wash on life support

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Associated Press
A man opened fire and
killed four people at a car
wash early Sunday morning
in Pennsylvania, while an-
other woman suffered only
minor injuries after she hid
in the back seat of a truck
during the shooting, state
police said.
Police said suspected
shooter Tim Smith was on
life support at a hospital
after the shooting at Ed's
Car Wash around 3 a.m. in
the Melcroft community of
Saltlick Township, about 55
miles (89 kilometers) south-
east of Pittsburgh. Officers work on the scene of a fatal shooting at a car wash in Melcroft, Pa., Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018.
(Michael Palm/Herald-Standard via AP)
They said he killed 27-year-
old William Porterfield, he had few other details over a span of several min- pickup truck and two oth-
25-year-old Chelsie Cline, about what happened. utes. ers were found outside in
23-year-old Courtney Sny- A man who lives nearby State Trooper Robert the car wash's parking lot.
der and 21-year-old Seth told the newspaper that he Broadwater said two of the Three vehicles were towed
Cline. heard about 30 gunshots victims were found inside a from the location. q
Police earlier said that
a fifth person was pro-
nounced dead at a hospi-
tal, but they announced at
a late afternoon news con-
ference that the shooter re-
mained on life support.
The survivor was not shot
and suffered only minor in-
juries, they said.
Police said they were not
able to speak with Smith
at the hospital and they
did not say whether Smith
knew the victims. Family
members of the victims told
WPXI-TV that the shooting
was the result of a domes-
tic dispute. They claim the
shooter was a man who
used to date one of the
victims.
Cayleigh Myers said she
was friends with Seth Cline
and described the con-
struction worker as "very
outgoing, very funny and
very smart."
"You always had fun when
you were around him," My-
ers said. "He would give his
shirt off his back for you,
anything, it didn't matter
what it was, what time it
was, if you need him, you
could call him. He was ev-
erything."
Ed Bukovac, who owns the
car wash, told the Tribune-
Review that a neighbor
called him around 4 a.m.
Sunday and said some-
thing was wrong at his busi-
ness. Bukovac said police
were on the scene by the
time he arrived and that