Jury to be picked in Pittsburgh police deaths

Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa.

Three jurors were selected Tuesday for the trial of Richard Poplawski, who’s charged with killing three Pittsburgh police officers in a Stanton Heights shootout in 2009.

The 24-year-old Poplawski could face the death penalty if convicted of the April 2009 deaths of officers Eric Kelly, Paul Sciullo II and Stephen Mayhle.

The officers were responding to a domestic dispute call at Poplawski’s mother’s house when prosecutors say Poplawski opened fire on police.

One other officer was wounded during the three-hour standoff.