Authorities Raid Washington County Coroner’s Office

Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh says he is not able to comment at this time – on a raid at the office of Washington County Coroner Tim Warco.  Washington County Detectives and State Police raided the office on Tuesday and confiscated records associated with a recent coroner’s inquest into the fatal shooting, by a police officer, of 38-year-old Eduardo Hoover Jr., of Coraopolis, in April.  Walsh had held a press conference earlier and declared the shooting, by Mt. Pleasant Police Officer Tyler Evans, to be a justifiable homicide.  Following the coroner’s inquest, however, Warco recommended Evans be charged with involuntary manslaughter, saying he committed an unlawful act in a reckless or grossly negligent manner, in Hoover’s death.  Following the release of that report, Walsh said he stood by his earlier decision in May that the shooting was justified and called Warco’s recommendation a “theatrical stunt.”  Warco also said that if Walsh refused to take up the case, then the matter should be turned over to the State Attorney General’s Office for investigation.  Hoover led police from Smith Township and Mt. Pleasant Township on a high speed chase that ended in Washington before Evans had his cruiser rammed by Hoover. Evans exited his vehicle, drew his weapon and fired into the rear of Hoover’s pick up truck killing him. WJPA has received no response from Warco when asked to comment on the matter.