One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting in McKeesport on Sunday night, with police taping off a black car in a parking lot near the Shop-N-Save on 5th Avenue as the investigation got underway. The identities of both the suspect and the victim remain unknown.
The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. near the grocery store, according to Allegheny County Dispatchers, as reported by WTAE. Crews from Pittsburgh's Action News 4 arrived to find police had cordoned off a black car parked in the lot, though no further details about the vehicle's connection to the shooting have been released.
The retailer lists the location as Ross’s Fifth Ave Shop ’n Save, at 815 Fifth Avenue in McKeesport. That address identifies the grocery store beside the parking lot where police were seen investigating; the store listing does not describe the black car’s connection to the shooting. The store’s listing gives its name and address.
That leaves residents in the 5th Avenue area with more questions than answers for now. Dispatchers have only confirmed the time and general location of the shooting, and no additional statements from police have been included in the reporting so far.
Statewide figures offer broader context, but not a measure of what is happening in McKeesport: Pennsylvania recorded 23% fewer homicides and 15% fewer aggravated assaults involving firearms in 2024 than in 2023. Those statewide changes cannot establish whether shootings in McKeesport or near 5th Avenue are rising or falling. Pennsylvania’s gun-violence data hub summarizes the 2024 statewide figures.
McKeesport's Recent History With Gun Violence
This is not the first time a McKeesport shooting has drawn attention from Pittsburgh news crews. In a separate, earlier incident, two men in their 20s, ages 22 and 21, were found shot inside an apartment and were taken to the hospital in critical condition, the same outlet's report on the same website noted. In that case, a man detained at the scene was later released without charges, per the outlet's earlier account.
A separate McKeesport shooting in March 2026 also sent two men to the hospital. County police said one man was found near Huey Street and another behind the 600 block of Madison Avenue; both were reported in stable condition. No arrests had been announced by the following Monday morning. That incident involved different locations and two victims, and the available information does not link it to the shooting near the Shop ’n Save. WTAE’s account of the March shootings gives those details.
There is nothing in the available reporting tying that earlier double shooting to Sunday night's incident near the Shop-N-Save, and the two cases should not be assumed to be connected. Hoodline will update this story if police release further information about the identities of those involved or the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
