An 18-year-old man was selling a handgun in the parking lot of a Giant Eagle in Ohio Township earlier this month when he was shot, according to police court records charging the two men with murder, robbery and conspiracy.

Bystanders tried to help Jordan Nathan Ross Geiger after he crashed his car on August 2 in the area of ​​Gass and Ben Avon Heights streets, not far from the grocery store.

Only after his death at Allegheny General Hospital did doctors discover a gunshot wound under Geiger’s right armpit, police court records state. His death was ruled a homicide due to the single shot.

Allegheny County police on Friday filed charges against Emmanuel Caden Houghton, 19, of Carnegie, and Tyler Matthew Stewart, 22, of McKeesport. It is unclear from their voluntary interviews with police who fired the shot that killed Geiger. Neither admitted to firing the shot, and both said they heard the gunshot when the sale went wrong.

According to the criminal complaint, Houghton and Stewart were each driving a vehicle that had been reported stolen that day when they headed to the Giant Eagle off Interstate 279 in Ohio Township to meet with Geiger.

Stewart arrived in a Honda Accord stolen from Greentree, while Houghton drove a Chevy Traverse stolen from Canonsburg. Stewart got in the back seat of the Traverse for the transaction.

Using information from Geiger’s phone, police found that Houghton used the name “Mr. Grim Reaper” on Snapchat, which he and Geiger used to arrange a meeting at the Giant Eagle. When Houghton asked what kind of gun he was going to buy, Geiger described it as a “ghost Glock,” for which he said he would bring $550.

In his voluntary interview with police, Houghton said he arranged a gun swap with “J Bone,” which police say is Geiger’s Snapchat name and nickname. He described the gun Geiger brought as a tan Glock 17.

When Geiger threw the gun into the vehicle, police say, Houghton pointed his own gun at Geiger and told him to calm down, the charges say.

Houghton said Stewart yelled from the back seat to “get that (swear word) off him,” after which, according to Houghton, he heard a bang between the door and the headrest, which he characterized as a gunshot.

According to police, Houghton said, “I heard this (swear word) moaning and said, ‘Get up.’ He (Geiger) laughed, got in his car and drove off.”

During his interview with police, Stewart said he and Houghton were both armed with handguns, the indictment says.

Stewart said Geiger gave Houghton the gun, after which Houghton told him, “You’re burned out.” Houghton and Geiger got into an argument over the gun, which Stewart described as a “wrestling match,” the lawsuit says.

The struggle forced Geiger to lean into the vehicle with Houghton. Stewart said he yelled from behind Geiger to let go of Houghton and for Houghton to drive off. Stewart said he heard a pop, identified as a gunshot, and Houghton drove out of the parking lot.

Police said Stewart was found abandoned in the Honda Accord he drove to the meeting and on the ramp to I-279 South with a flat tire.

The Chevy Traverse was found parked at the South Hills Village Mall on August 3. The driver, later identified as Houghton, evaded arrest. The vehicle was found ablaze in an alley in Pittsburgh’s Elliot neighborhood later that day.

Houghton told police he had sold it, the indictment says.

While investigators were investigating Houghton and Stewart, they learned that other agencies were also investigating them.

On August 14, Houghton was pursued by the Monongahela Police Department. During the pursuit, he allegedly fired multiple shots at a police vehicle from a stolen vehicle and then barricaded himself in a residence before being arrested.

Houghton said a tan Glock seized during the standoff with police was the one Geiger took to Giant Eagle, the complaint states.

That same day, Allegheny County Sheriff’s officers arrested Stewart after a chase during which Stewart was allegedly driving a Jeep Cherokee stolen from Carnegie. A 9mm pistol, a short-barreled rifle, a gun holster, a body armor vest, a mask and six car keys were found in the Jeep, the complaint states.

Houghton and Stewart are being held in the Allegheny County Jail.