16-year-old charged with killing Monessen football player

MONESSEN, Pa. (KDKA) - A 16-year-old is charged with killing another teenager in Monessen last month. 

Terry Newton is being charged as an adult with criminal homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor in the death of 16-year-old Amari Altomore, the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday. 

Dispatchers were alerted to a shooting on South 14th Street on Nov. 29 around 8:15 p.m. Once first responders arrived, they found a teenager who was shot in the chest. 

Altomor was flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh for treatment but later died.

Community members said Altomore was an outstanding football player who loved his mother.