Arrest made in twins' stabbing
PENN HILLS — Police on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old man charged with stabbing his half brothers, 11-year-old twins, killing one of them and leaving the other seriously injured.
Troy Hill was arrested after he emerged from a wooded area in Penn Hills. He is alleged to have stabbed the twins at home Tuesday afternoon.
The boys' maternal grandfather, Lovett Williams, said he found Tyron Hill dead and Tyrel Hill wrapped in a blood-soaked blanket in the attic of their home when he went to check on the boys Tuesday.
"There was blood everywhere," Williams told reporters Tuesday. "Everywhere. Blood all over the house. Downstairs, up the steps."
The surviving twin identified his half brother as the attacker, police said.
Search dogs were unable to locate Hill Tuesday night, but police arrested him Wednesday afternoon when he walked out of a wooded area beyond the perimeter where police previously searched. Allegheny County Police Assistant Superintendent James Morton said he did not know how far away from the home Hill was found.
"I know it's not where we were looking for him last night," Morton said Wednesday afternoon. "He just continued farther into the woods than we thought he did."
Hill was arraigned in Allegheny County Night Court on charges of criminal homicide and attempted homicide and held without bond in the county jail.
Police said they believe Hill has emotional problems. Tiffany Hill, the twins' mother and the suspect's stepmother, told police that Troy Hill "has been depressed and despondent" for about a month, according to the criminal complaint.
Authorities at a news conference Wednesday declined to discuss a possible motive.
Tyron Hill died at the scene. Tyrel was taken to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he was in critical condition, but was expected to survive, police said.
Williams, who lives across the street, went to check on the twins after their mother tried calling the house from work and got no answer, police said.
Troy Hill played football for Penn Hills High School and played defensive back at Waynesburg College last season, but did not return to college for the fall semester.
