City of Pittsburgh Police still have no suspects in this past weekend’s four shooting incidents that left three Black males, all of whom were under the age of 30, injured and many in the community shook up.
“Unfortunately we do not have suspects in these shootings as the victims were unable to provide any description or detail,” said Sonya Toler, public information officer for the City of Pittsburgh Public Safety Department.
The violent weekend began the evening of Nov. 8 near the intersection of North Charles and Farris Streets on the North Side. A 26-year-old was shot in the hip while talking to two other men. According to the reports, the three men were conversing when a dark colored SUV drove past, followed by a silver sedan and opened fire on the small group. The 26-year-old ran and later collapsed. He was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition.
Next, in the early hours of Nov. 9 near the West End Bridge, two Black males, ages 20 and 25, and both of the Northview Heights area, were hit by gunshots as they drove from the South Side. One of the victims was dropped off at Allegheny General Hospital with wounds to the back and leg. The other was shot in the hand. They are both in stable condition.
Only hours later at approximately 10:54 p.m., police received reports of a Jeep Compass with two occupants being shot at near the intersection of Mazette and Beechnut Roads in the West End. According to a release from the city Public Safety Department, as the vehicle turned onto Industrial Highway, a dark gray or silver GMC SUV pulled alongside them and the occupants began to open fire. Fortunately, neither of the occupants, a 25-year-old North Side woman and a 25-year-old West End man, was injured.
Less than two hours later at 12:38 a.m. on Nov. 10, police responded to another call of a vehicle being hit with bullets outside of a home in the 3700 block of Chartiers Avenue in the West End. No one was hit.
When asked if any of these incidents were related, Toler said, “We do not have enough information to say anything beyond what has happened.”
It was approximately four weeks ago, Oct. 11-13, when a rash of shootings took place in five city neighborhoods within three-days; leaving four dead and five injured.
