Suspect charged in Pa. shooting

Staff report

new castle, pa.

City police have a suspect in the shooting death of a man who tried to break up a fight.

Dajuan M. Dawson, 24, is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, a firearms violation, reckless endangering and simple assault, police said Thursday.

He is accused of shooting Zamara Stelter, 35, outside 1107 Pin Oak Drive around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Stelter was shot in the head and taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. He died early Wednesday morning.

Police said he was trying to break up a fight between two women when he was shot.

There have been four other homicides in the city during 2011.

The first and second were Jan. 21, when Ljuba Novosel, 40, turned a gun on her 12-year-old son, Tomislav Novosel, and her 81-year-old mother, Anka Denk, at the family’s South Mercer Street home. She then killed herself.

Jason Pegg, 32, of East Street was shot to death Aug. 24. His landlord, Kevin Boyer, 38, is charged in the crime.

Gordon Rees, 31, was gunned down on Williams Street on Aug. 30 in a road-rage episode. Markus Solomon, 18, is charged in that shooting.