Two minors were killed and at least eight other people were injured early Sunday morning in a shooting at a party in Pittsburgh.
Shots first rang out at the short-term rental property in the 800 block of Suismon Street just after 12:30 a.m. local time, according to astatement from the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department.
At a noon press conference on Sunday, Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert said 10 people were taken to local hospitals after the incident (The public safety department initially reported that 11 people had been shot).
Two male juveniles, who have not been identified, were pronounced deceased at a local hospital.
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Schubert said five people were hurt while escaping the home as shots rang out while another was injured when their car was shot at. Police have not named a motive or any suspects as of Sunday afternoon, according toThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
“We’re not going to sleep until we get who did this,” the chief said. “This shouldn’t have happened. We’re sick about it. We’re going to do everything we can to get those responsible for it.”
“Two hundred people is a lot. There’s usually a limit. For Airbnb, we would do, maybe, six to eight guests maximum, so I’m not sure how 200 people got in upstairs being undetected,” said Stephen Long, who owns the downstairs unit.
Mitchell Wilston, 30, who lives on a neighboring street, told thePost-Gazettethat things began to intensify around 11 p.m. as partygoers lined up outside the residence to get inside.
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“It was like a club,” he explained. “There was a line of people to get in [stretching] to the corner here.” Wilston also believes many of the partygoers were “clearly underage kids,” noting that some “looked like they were 14” years old.
Additionally, Wilston said police had been at the apartment earlier in the evening, though the party continued until shots rang out.
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The spokesperson also said the host, whose listing prohibited parties and promoted a noise curfew, was unaware of the party being thrown at their residence.
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey condemned the shootingin a statementon Sunday, citing the need to “pass meaningful legislation to lessen the amount of guns in our streets or provide the much-needed resources to communities desperately in need.”
“First and foremost, our hearts and our prayers go out to the victims' families, their loved ones, and our entire city today,” said Gainey. “Thank you to our first responders, our public safety officials, and to all the hospital and EMS workers providing care to the victims.”
He later added, “The time is now for us to move with a sense of urgency to bring justice to the victims and peace to our city.”
“We have been working on our approach to address gun violence in our city over the past several weeks,” both men said in their Sunday statements. “Now we will be calling a meeting with public safety and key community leaders to introduce our All In Citywide approach to public safety to get their feedback so we can build a path forward together.”
They continued, “It is critical that we come together now to help reduce the violence currently happening while we begin to do the long-term work of ending the culture of violence that is enabling the senseless loss of life we are experiencing today. We must say no more and never again.”
Anyone with information about Sunday’s shooting is asked to call Major Crimes at (412) 323-7161.
source: people.com
