Two men who were named suspects in the cookout ambush that killed five adults and an unborn child in Wilkinsburg earlier this year were charged in the case on Thursday.
(WPXI)- Cheron Shelton, 29, and Robert Thomas, 27, were both charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, criminal conspiracy and attempted homicide.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala said that Shelton and Thomas planned the attack and carried it out, and that no one else was involved. Shelton had been released from jail on a probation violation one day earlier.
Until Thursday, both men were being held only on charges stemming from heroin and stolen weapons allegedly found at a home in Wilkinsburg in February 2013.
County detectives in April labeled Shelton and Thomas as suspects in the ambush. They were brought into Allegheny County police headquarters shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday.