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UNIONTOWN — Police have charged a man with aggravated assault for allegedly shooting a teenage girl who was using a spotlight to look for deer near his southwestern Pennsylvania home.

State police say Jeremy James Pritts shot a 17-year-old girl Sunday night after she used a spotlight from the back of a pickup on an outing with her parents.

Investigators say pellets from the shotgun struck Cortney Snyder in the arms, face, chest and abdomen.

Snyder is recovering following surgery.

PITTSBURGH — The mother of a man who was shot to death by undercover Pittsburgh police officers has filed a lawsuit against the city.Marie C. Reese says in the lawsuit filed Tuesday that a lack of training contributed to the death of her son, 24-year-old Lawrence Jones, who was shot after a traffic stop in December, 2011. Reese says the officers weren't supposed to be conducting traffic stops while they were in civilian clothes, and in an unmarked car.City solicitor Dan Regan says a review determined the officers acted reasonably.Police said at the time that Jones brandished a gun.

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