Gunfire shattered the night in Pittsburgh's Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood late last night, as police responded to a ShotSpotter alert signaling eleven rounds fired at the corner of Lemington Avenue and Oberlin Street, according to the City of Pittsburgh.
It was 10:50 p.m. when the alert drew police to the scene, and in the ensuing search they found a male victim with a gunshot wound, the casualty of the evening's violence was him, and he was discovered several houses away from the intersection, resting on a porch in the 7200 campaign of Lemington Avenue, and though the victim's condition is stable, the lingering shroud of the perpetrator remains, as no suspects have yet been described by authorities.
Officers at the site took immediate action, applying a tourniquet to the victim's left leg to staunch the bleeding before paramedics arrived—Pittsburgh EMS Medic 1 later transported the victim to a nearby hospital. The Pittsburgh Police Mobile Crime Unit processed the scene, collecting evidence that included shell casings likely ejected from the perpetrator's firearm amidst the turmoil.
As daylight yields clues to the prior night's chaos, Violent Crime Unit detectives are knee-deep in an investigation that is far from conclusion they seek details that could lead to an arrest, and anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the authorities; the search for truth and justice, in cases such as these, is a journey that law enforcement and the community embark on together.
