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BURGETTSTOWN – McDonald Police will confer with the Washington County District Attorney’s office today about the shooting death of Brian Wilbert, 38, of Pittsburgh, Wednesday in the borough, Chief Mark Dorsey said Monday.

McDonald Police responded to call about an alleged altercation between Wilbert and James Bongiorni, 68, of Burgettstown, on Hillcrest Avenue around 9 p.m. Wednesday. It was reported one person had a gun and the other a knife.

When police arrived, Wilbert already had been shot. He was transported by ambulance to the Burgettstown High School football field, then by medical helicopter to Allegheny General Hospital, where he died early Thursday morning, Dorsey said.

No one has been charged in Wilbert’s death to date. The McDonald Police are continuing to investigate, Dorsey said.

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