A man found shot and claiming to have been robbed in a CVS parking lot in Carnegie turns out to be a suspect in the death of a Moon Township man stabbed multiple times in his home, police say.

A man found shot outside a CVS pharmacy in Carnegie and claiming to have been robbed at gunpoint turned out to be a suspect in a fatal stabbing at a Moon Township home less than an hour earlier, Allegheny County police said.Timothy Pauley, 34, was taken to a hospital and will be charged with criminal homicide in the stabbing of Thomas Garner, 48, who was found with multiple wounds at his McKinney Drive home shortly before 10:45 p.m. Monday, police said.Pauley is currently being held in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting arraignment. Garner told 911 dispatchers that he was stabbed by a man and had fired a gun at the person, according to police. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.Shortly after the stabbing, Carnegie police responded to the CVS parking lot on Chestnut Street and found a man who had been shot in the arm. The man told an officer that he was in the parking lot when he was robbed and shot.County police said they later determined that the man found outside CVS was Pauley, and that he had stabbed Garner."The actor in this case, the 34-year old, had gone to the victim's residence to confront him, possibly about a romantic relationship he was having with a female they were both acquainted with," Lt. Andrew Schurman said.Pauley, originally from West Virginia but most recently living in Moon, will be taken to the county jail when he is released from the hospital, police said.

A man found shot outside a CVS pharmacy in Carnegie and claiming to have been robbed at gunpoint turned out to be a suspect in a fatal stabbing at a Moon Township home less than an hour earlier, Allegheny County police said.

Timothy Pauley, 34, was taken to a hospital and will be charged with criminal homicide in the stabbing of Thomas Garner, 48, who was found with multiple wounds at his McKinney Drive home shortly before 10:45 p.m. Monday, police said.


Pauley is currently being held in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting arraignment.

Garner told 911 dispatchers that he was stabbed by a man and had fired a gun at the person, according to police. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Shortly after the stabbing, Carnegie police responded to the CVS parking lot on Chestnut Street and found a man who had been shot in the arm. The man told an officer that he was in the parking lot when he was robbed and shot.

County police said they later determined that the man found outside CVS was Pauley, and that he had stabbed Garner.

"The actor in this case, the 34-year old, had gone to the victim's residence to confront him, possibly about a romantic relationship he was having with a female they were both acquainted with," Lt. Andrew Schurman said.

Pauley, originally from West Virginia but most recently living in Moon, will be taken to the county jail when he is released from the hospital, police said.