Easter Sunday Airbnb mass shooting: Man in pictures released by Pittsburgh police identified

IMPORTANT STEP? THIS INVESTIGATION. TORI: ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE OUTSIDE PITTSBURGH POLICE HEADQUARTERS. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO POSTE TDHE PHOTOS REQUESTING THE PUBLIC'S SIASSTANCE. RESIDENTS IN EAST ALLEGANY WHERE THIS SHOOTGIN HAPPED.NE THEY'RE TORN. SOME SAY THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHDIT RECTION. ON THE OTHER, SOME ARE PRESSING POLICE FOR ARRESTS TO BE MADE AS WE APPROACH ONE MONTH SINCE THAT DEADLY SHOOTG.IN A GLIERMM OF HOPE. >> WHEN I SAW THE PHOTO, I WAS RELIEVED. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAV A RESOLUTION SOON AND PEOPLE WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. TORI: THEY'RE SHOW AGO MAN WHO THEY'RE YITRNG TO IDENTIFY AS HE MAY BE CONNECTED TO THE DEAYDL EASTER SUNDAYIR A BNB SHOOTING ON THE NORTH SIDE. >> WE STILL HAVE UETPS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE THAT ARE TRAUMATIZED BY WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. >> AND THE PHOTO WAS RELEASED. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR EAST DEUTSCH TOWN IN SPRING GARDEN NEIGHBORHOODS, RESIDENTS STLIL EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION TOWARDS POLEIC DURING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. >> THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN ARRESTS YET. SO THEYER WE REAYLL PRESSING THE POLICE AS TO WHAST' HAPPENING. AND WHERE WE'RE AT. TORI: HE SAYS POLICE ASSURED RESIDENT THAT IS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING INTO WTHA HAPPENED BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC. >> THEY DIDN'T WANIT TO SEEM LIKE WE HAD BEEN FORGOTTEN BECAUSE THIS I AS TRAUMATIZED NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS NOT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. TORI: HOPING FOR SOLUTIONS. >> IT BROUGHT A LOT OF BAD ATTENTION. AND WE WANT RESUL.TS TORI: AFRTE A HORRIFIC SCENE RIGHT IN THEIR BACKYARDS. >> I'M SURE THE POLICE WANT RESULTS TOO. BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW A LOT OFAD B THINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NIGHT. AND THEY WANT TO KNOW -- THEY WANT TO HAVE A PIECE OF MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE ARE GOING TO GET WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM. TOI -- TORI: STILL NO WORD ON ANY ARRESTS. POLICE DID NOT SPECIFY IF THE MAN IN THE PHONE FOE TOES I A SUSPECT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED BY POLICE TO SUBMIT IT ON THEIR TIP LE.IN WE HAVE THAT NUMBER ON WTAE.COM. REPORTING LI

Pittsburgh police say the man seen in these photos in relation to the deadly Easter Sunday shooting at a Suismon Street Airbnb has been identified. In their Wednesday update, police did not publicly release the man's name, nor did they say if he was a suspect or person of interest in the mass shooting. Cara Cruz with the Department of Public Safety said the man "is someone police would like to speak with."Two 17-year-olds, Matthew Steffy-Ross and Jaiden Brown, were killed in the April 17 shooting at an Airbnb rental. Nine others were injured by gunfire. Several more people were also hurt while jumping out of windows to escape. Isaac Falvey, the board of directors' president of the community alliance of Spring Garden and East Deutschtown, told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that there was a community meeting held Tuesday night, and though photos were released by police leading to possible leads, he said many residents still expressed frustration towards police officers at the meeting. "(Police) said that even though there hasn't been anything published, there is a lot of investigations," Falvey said. "It's on the forefront of what they're doing, they haven't just let it go by the wayside." Falvey added that the shooting brought their community a lot of unwanted, negative attention. "We want results, I'm sure the police want results, too, but again, a lot of people saw a lot of bad things in our neighborhood that night and they want to have a peace of mind the police are going to get who's responsible for them," Falvey said.

PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburgh police say the man seen in these photos in relation to the deadly Easter Sunday shooting at a Suismon Street Airbnb has been identified.

Violent Crime Unit detectives are requesting the public’s assistance to identify the male in these photos in relation to the April 17, 2022 fatal shooting incident on Suismon Street.

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In their Wednesday update, police did not publicly release the man's name, nor did they say if he was a suspect or person of interest in the mass shooting. Cara Cruz with the Department of Public Safety said the man "is someone police would like to speak with."

UPDATE:

The male in the photos has been identified.

Pittsburgh Police thank the public and the media for sharing the information. https://t.co/Vzkj4EwqLe
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Two 17-year-olds, Matthew Steffy-Ross and Jaiden Brown, were killed in the April 17 shooting at an Airbnb rental. Nine others were injured by gunfire. Several more people were also hurt while jumping out of windows to escape.

Isaac Falvey, the board of directors' president of the community alliance of Spring Garden and East Deutschtown, told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that there was a community meeting held Tuesday night, and though photos were released by police leading to possible leads, he said many residents still expressed frustration towards police officers at the meeting.

"(Police) said that even though there hasn't been anything published, there is a lot of investigations," Falvey said. "It's on the forefront of what they're doing, they haven't just let it go by the wayside."

Falvey added that the shooting brought their community a lot of unwanted, negative attention.

"We want results, I'm sure the police want results, too, but again, a lot of people saw a lot of bad things in our neighborhood that night and they want to have a peace of mind the police are going to get who's responsible for them," Falvey said.

Easter Sunday Airbnb mass shooting: Man in pictures released by Pittsburgh police identified

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