Wynnefield man arrested in two murders

Police have charged a Wynnefield man in the gun murders of two Wynnefield men.

Kyree Darrisaw, 28, of Euclid Street near 53rd, is accused of killing Meshach Brightly, 21, of 54th Street near Woodbine Avenue, just before midnight Aug. 4 on Berks Street near 53rd, police said. Brightly, who was shot in the head, died at the scene.

Police also charged Darrisaw for the death of Basil Amir Anderson, 23, of 54th Street near Columbia Avenue. Anderson was gunned down May 10 on Hazelhurst Street near Georges Lane. He died at Penn-Presbyterian Hospital at 2:15 p.m., about 10 minutes after someone shot him in the back of the head.

Police reported no motive in either slaying. Darrisaw is being held without bail pending a Sept. 9 preliminary hearing.