Shootout leaves home in disrepair
ADAMS TWP — Unsettling evidence of Friday's fatal shooting was still visible Tuesday outside the house at 141 Downieville Road.
Pizza boxes placed on the front steps of the home barely concealed blood left behind after the body of Jason T. McIntyre, 24, of Kittanning was removed.
McIntyre was one of three men who allegedly came to the apartment early Friday morning to rob tenants Jeremy Hughes and Dan Oliverio of drugs and money.
A shootout ensued that left McIntyre dead and Hughes with a gunshot wound to his stomach. The surviving alleged robbers, McKinley W. Berry, 24, of Ford City and Jacob M. Adams, 24, of Kittanning, are in prison and will face homicide and other charges. Though neither one is accused of firing the shot that killed McIntyre, they are alleged participants in a felony during which he was killed.
Alex Kroll, who owns the duplex and several other rentals in the area, came to his Downieville Road property on Tuesday to check on the house, one day after posting an eviction notice to tenants Oliverio and Hughes.
Though Oliverio and Hughes are not charged with any crimes from the incident, Kroll said he had to give them 10 days notice to vacate so he can make repairs to the apartment.
“It's awful to talk about money now, but I have to survive,” Kroll said.
Oliverio, 20, and Hughes, 18, are both Mars High School graduates and had no criminal record when they moved in, he said.
“They were nice boys,” he said.
He said he has not spoken with either of the men since the incident, but he would consider renting to them again if they were interested. Despite not notifying police of the shooting, they were not charged with any crimes and have not committed other violations of their lease.The shooting and the subsequent police investigation have left the house in bad shape.Drywall was torn out in several places by police investigators, a window was broken and is boarded up, the front door is broken, there is a hole in a bedroom wall, woodwork in a bedroom was damaged and the bathtub is cracked. There also is cleanup needed outside the front door where blood and items were left.Kroll said he has filed an insurance claim. Though the tenants are supposed to have renter's insurance, he did not know if they did.Several neighbors Tuesday said they were surprised to hear about the shooting in what they considered to be a quiet, safe neighborhood.One neighbor said he was up with his 4-year-old son, who was sick, and heard the gunfire. His 5-year-old daughter also heard the noise, but didn't know what it was.Another neighbor said he believed the shooting to be an isolated incident, but still felt uneasy.Hughes and Oliverio did not respond to the Butler Eagle's attempts to reach them.Berry and Adams are in the Butler County Prison on $1 million bail each.
