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Pitt employee shot in Hill District

City police are investigating the fatal shooting in the Hill District last night of Pitt… Pittsburgh police are currently investigating a fatal shooting of a Pitt employee that occurred Tuesday night in the Hill District.

Pitt spokesman John Fedele said Delfonte Ellis, who worked for the past six years as a cleaner in Scaife Hall, was shot and pronounced dead.

The medical examiner’s office has ruled the death a homicide, citing a gunshot wound to the head as the cause of death.

Ellis was discovered at approximately 10:30 p.m. He was 43 years old.

No additional information was available from police or Pitt by press time last night.

“We, in the University community, offer our condolences to Mr. Ellis’ friends and family and they are in our thoughts and prayers,” Fedele said.

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