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Police investigate shots, 2 found deadUNIONTOWN — The coroner has released the names of two men found dead after shots were fired at a Western Pennsylvania home, but police aren’t sure whether a third person was involved.Uniontown Police Lt. Tom Kolencik says the men were found dead when police responded about 7:15 p.m. Thursday.The Fayette County coroner on Friday identified the victims as 37-year-old Corey Johnson and 25-year-old Meshach Punter.

Girl, 4, likely shot, killed herselfPHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia say a 4-year-old girl who died after being shot in the right eye appears to have pulled the trigger herself.Officer Tanya Little says it is “looking like” the gunshot was self-inflicted. No one has been charged in the case.Police say the shooting occurred in a second-floor bedroom of a North Philadelphia row house at about noon Thursday.

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