UPDATE: MONDAY, DEC. 1

The person who was fatally shot by police Saturday after a chase and crash on I-279 was being investigated in connection with a shooting in Butler, according to a statement from the city's police chief. Advertisement

Investigators had identified 20-year-old Devin Russell as "a potential suspect that may have been involved" in a shooting that injured a 17-year-old boy on West New Castle Street one night earlier, Butler Police Chief Bob O'Neill said in a statement.

"It has since been determined that Russell was involved in a police interaction on SR 279 in Allegheny County and Russell is deceased," O'Neill's statement said. "The Butler City Police were not involved in this incident and cannot comment on that specific incident."

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