Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey took his criticism of gun violence to social media Friday night, speaking directly to Pittsburghers via Twitter and Facebook livestreams the day after a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed in the city. “There is no reason a 4-year-old should have been murdered,” said Gainey, who
The city plans to have police officers target the most serious threats to public safety while using other resources to address incidents like mental health crises.
De’Avry Thomas’s violent death Sunday in Downtown Pittsburgh gave him the tragic demarcation of being the city’s youngest homicide victim this year, which has seen more and more young people fall victim to gun violence — a grim trend of recent years. The 18-month-old child was buckled into his car