In an early morning eruption of gunfire, Pittsburgh's East Hills neighborhood became the scene of a deadly shooting. Reports from the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department indicate that police received alerts for gunfire, with technology pinpointing the outbreak to twenty-eight rounds fired.
Police from Zone 5 responded shortly before 4:30 a.m. to the 8000 block of Bennett Street following the ShotSpotter notifications. An adult male victim was located at the scene with two gunshot wounds to his head, and transported in critical condition to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after.
The violent disruption in the early hours of the neighborhood crescendoed as a second man walked into an area hospital around 4:45 a.m., suffering from a gunshot wound. His condition was reported as stable, and investigators believe his injury is related to the Bennett Street incident.
The Pittsburgh Police's Mobile Crime Unit is sweeping for evidence, collecting shell casings strewn across the scene, and reviewing footage in search of answers. Detectives from the Violent Crime Unit, summoned to the location, are spearheading the probe into the incident.
