Monongahela Man Charged With Fatally Shooting Wife

March 24, 2022 2:36 am

A Monongahela man has been charged with criminal homicide in the shooting death of his wife Wednesday morning.  Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh says 64-year-old Dennis Vaccaro admitted to authorities that he shot his wife, 47-year-old Mecca Vaccaro with his own 9mm gun, at their home at 533 Park Avenue, around eight o’clock.  Walsh says he also told detectives that he placed the gun in his truck after he shot her.  According to an individual who was at the scene, he heard Dennis Vaccaro arguing with his wife and then heard two pops.  When he came around the corner of the house, he said he saw Vaccaro holding a gun pointed at the ground and Mecca Vaccaro laying on the ground.  Mecca Vaccaro was taken to Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital where she was pronounced dead.  Walsh says Vaccaro has been arraigned and is lodged in the Washington County Jail without bail.  No preliminary hearing date has been set yet.  (Photo:  WPXI)