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Pittsburgh sees 3 shootings early Sunday morning

Per police, the shootings happened in the North Side, Downtown and Homewood

Pittsburgh sees 3 shootings early Sunday morning

Per police, the shootings happened in the North Side, Downtown and Homewood

A FEW MINUTES AWAY. CASEY, THANK YOU. BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS MORNING. IT’S BEEN A VIOLENT NIGHT IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. THREE DIFFERENT SHOOTINGS IN THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS MORNING. WE KNOW FOUR PEOPLE IN TOTAL HAVE BEEN SHOT. ONE OF THEM HAS DIED. LET’S START ON THE NORTH SIDE. OFFICIALS SAY A MAN DIED THERE AFTER HE WAS SHOT AT FEDERAL AND NORTH STREETS. IT’S A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL. EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO THAT SCENE JUST BEFORE SEVEN THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS RIDING HIS BIKE ALONG FEDERAL STREET WHEN HE GOT INTO A YELLING MATCH WITH SOMEONE AND SHOTS WERE FIRED. OFFICIALS TELL US THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT. THERE’S THEY’RE USING ALL AVAILABLE VIDEO. THANKFULLY, THERE IS SOME SOME IN THIS AREA. SO THEY’RE USING THAT RIGHT NOW FOR THE SUSPECT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE RESOLVED QUICKLY. MEANTIME, CREWS RUSHED ANOTHER MAN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER SOMEONE SHOT HIM DOWNTOWN EARLY THIS MORNING. PITTSBURGH POLICE SAY OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAM PENN PLACE AND SIXTH AVENUE JUST AFTER FOUR SCHAFER. THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND THAT MAN SHOT IN THE HIP OFFICERS AND BYSTANDERS PERFORMED FIRST AID UNTIL EMS ARRIVED. SO FAR, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. OFFICERS DID FIND A BULLET CASING ON A NEARBY STREET. AND THIS FINAL ONE WE HAVE LIMITED DETAILS OF, BUT OFFICIALS TELL US TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN PITTSBURGH’S HOMEWOOD SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNING ALONG KELLY STREET. OFFICIALS SAY THE THREE SHOOTINGS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE CONNECTED. AND WE’RE WORKI
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Pittsburgh sees 3 shootings early Sunday morning

Per police, the shootings happened in the North Side, Downtown and Homewood

The city of Pittsburgh saw three unrelated shootings early Sunday morning. Three people have been hurt. One man has died. DowntownPolice said a man was found shot in the hip at William Penn Place and Sixth Avenue. The shooting happened just after 4 a.m.Bystanders gave the man help until medics arrived. They transported him to the hospital in stable condition. Officers found a shell casing nearby, on Strawberry Way. No arrests have been made.North SideJust before 7 a.m., police said a man was fatally shot in the back after an argument at Federal Street and North Street. The unidentified man was taken to the hospital, where he died.Police said the victim was riding his bicycle along Federal Street when the fight happened.“They are searching for a suspect. They are using all available video,” said Cara Cruz, a public safety spokesperson. “There is some in this area, so they’re using that right now for the suspect so hopefully that is resolved quickly.”Sarah Halter works at Yinz Coffee in the Northside, near where the fatal shooting happened.“Hearing about another shooting every day. There is always something. I don’t want to say I am desensitized to it, but you hear about it so much, and I am always on my guard here. I think this needs to systematically change, much like the rest of the community,” Halter said. HomewoodTwo more men were shot along the 7200 block of Kelly Street in the city's Homewood South neighborhood.One of the men is in critical condition. The other's condition has been described as stable. There have been no suspects or arrests announced.

The city of Pittsburgh saw three unrelated shootings early Sunday morning. Three people have been hurt. One man has died.

Downtown

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Police said a man was found shot in the hip at William Penn Place and Sixth Avenue. The shooting happened just after 4 a.m.

Bystanders gave the man help until medics arrived. They transported him to the hospital in stable condition.

Officers found a shell casing nearby, on Strawberry Way. No arrests have been made.

North Side

Just before 7 a.m., police said a man was fatally shot in the back after an argument at Federal Street and North Street. The unidentified man was taken to the hospital, where he died.

Police said the victim was riding his bicycle along Federal Street when the fight happened.

“They are searching for a suspect. They are using all available video,” said Cara Cruz, a public safety spokesperson. “There is some in this area, so they’re using that right now for the suspect so hopefully that is resolved quickly.”

Sarah Halter works at Yinz Coffee in the Northside, near where the fatal shooting happened.

“Hearing about another shooting every day. There is always something. I don’t want to say I am desensitized to it, but you hear about it so much, and I am always on my guard here. I think this needs to systematically change, much like the rest of the community,” Halter said.

Homewood

Two more men were shot along the 7200 block of Kelly Street in the city's Homewood South neighborhood.

One of the men is in critical condition. The other's condition has been described as stable.

There have been no suspects or arrests announced.