Pittsburgh City Council members on Monday met with outreach workers to discuss possible solutions to help quell the uptick in homicides and protect the city’s youth. “We’re attempting to treat this disease of violence,” said Talia Thompson, director of Operation Better Block’s Violence Prevention Initiative. Thompson and others who are
A man was killed after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood Monday afternoon, officials said. Officers responded to an 11-round Shotspotter alert around 1:50 p.m. along the 7100 block of Hermitage Street, public safety spokesman Maurice Matthews reported. They located a man in a vehicle with a gunshot wound
A 14-year-old boy was hospitalized Monday evening after Pittsburgh Police said he was shot in the ankle. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 1200 block of Mohler Street near the Homewood North neighborhood around 8:50 p.m. Police said they weren’t able to find evidence of a crime scene