5 dead, 3 injured in Pennsylvania shooting

Mar 14, 2016, 00:20

At least five people were killed and several injured on Wednesday in a shooting near Pittsburgh, with police and paramedics rushing to the scene, media said.

A backyard cookout turned into a bloodbath overnight in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania - ending with five people dead, three others hospitalized and a manhunt for two suspected shooters. Two men were in critical condition and a woman was stable, police said.

Police said they have no suspects.

Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala says one of the shooters used a handgun to steer the victims toward the house's porch, where a second gunman picked them off with an AK-47-style rifle.

There were no arrests, and police were urging witnesses to help their investigation.

Four people - three women and one man - died at the scene and the fifth, another woman, died later at the hospital.

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All were African-Americans, and the man and two of the female victims were siblings. The persons who died ranged in age from 25 to 37 years old, officials said, though family members said the oldest fatality was 38.

Wilkinsburg, a borough east of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, has about 15,800 residents, according to U.S. Census data.

"Right now, we are asking for anybody who heard or saw anything in the area ... to call (police)", Allegheny County police Lt. Andrew Schurman told reporters early Thursday.

According to CBS affiliate KDKA, neighbors reported hearing 30 to 40 shots ring out.

Allegheny County police say the cookout was taking place at the rear of a home on Franklin Avenue when the gunmen appeared just before 11 p.m. "The kids came running out of the house screaming, 'Mommy, Mommy, '" he said.

"I'm shaken. It's pretty sad". A woman reacts at the scene of a deadly shooting in Wilkinsburg, Pa., Thursday, March 10, 2016.

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Multiple shell casings littered the ground in the alley as detectives scoured the scene.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is offering a US$20,000 reward for information relating to the shooting, the agency's Chris Taylor said. The shooting at a backyard party killed and injured multiple people on Wednesday night, March 9, 2016.

Other recent mass shootings include a rampage by an Uber driver that left six people dead in MI, and the December terror attack in San Bernardino, California, where 14 people lost their lives.

The shooting generated more than 10,000 messages on Twitter, with many expressing outrage over gun violence.

 

 

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