Pittsburgh police have charged an 18-year-old man in connection with the March 30 killing of a 15-year-old in Homewood. Shaun Scott of Pittsburgh, is charged with criminal homicide and illegal possession of a firearm in the death of Dayvon Vickers, police said. Vickers was shot shortly after 6 p.m. as
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
Summary: If we begin to see white banners with black letters flying from front porches across town after every shooting, perhaps the sentiment will sink in: "Yesterday, someone's loved one was murdered" or "Yesterday, someone's child murdered someone else's child" or "Lynching by another name happened again" or "What would Emmett Till say?"
By the editorial staff April 7, 2022 Last week, multiple instances of violent abuse against children made headlines in Pittsburgh. Dayvon Vickers, a 15-year-old kid from Homewood, was shot and killed on Wednesday, March 30. [.]