Police: Man Shot In Downtown

November 19, 2010 11:20 PM

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police tried to get the crowd under control in downtown Pittsburgh after a shooting Friday night.

Pittsburgh Police Spokeswoman Diane Richard confirms that a man believed to be in his 20’s was shot in the groin area near Liberty and Smithfield. He went to SW Randall Toy store for help and was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital in stable condition.

His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Richard said police do not have any suspects at this time.

Meantime, police tried to get the crowds under control near Wood and Liberty as thousands of people were in downtown for the 50th Annual Light Up Night.

It is not clear if the crowd control issue was related to the shooting.

KDKA’s Stephanie Watson reports police used dogs to move the crowd. The problems appeared to be confined at Wood Street and Liberty in front of the T station.

Light Up Night activities were going on in Market Square, the Roberto Clemente Bridge and at Point State Park.

Before the disruption, it was a fun-filled night. To watch the highlights, watch Stephanie Watson’s report:

L

We were walking back to our car leaving from the toy store and going toward the History Center when this happened at 8:50pm. We were within a block. There was just one shot fired. Prior, there were lot of sounds from some kind of fireworks, so even though there weren’t a lot of us on the street, those that were there thought that it was either part of the fireworks or some kind of play firework thing. It wasn’t until the group of guys behind us said “someone’s shooting” and came running past us that we also started to run. What a sad way to end this evening.

scott

It seems as though each holiday gathering downtown now around the Liberty T station is involving some sort of extra curricular activity. My wife and I last 4th had our kids there when a woman shot her man point blank in the chest and killed him and this year for the 4th major fights broke out in the same location and now this, more fights breaking out. It is meant to be a festive event and it is ruined by people who should probably just stay at home cause they ruin everybody else’s time at these functions. My family wont be back down there for any more events. It is just too unsafe anymore. What a shame.
Concerned Citizen

The T station is a magnet for every low life downtown. Shame on the police for not cleaning that area up.

Love Pittsburgh

I agree cc that particular station is very scary any time of day. I walk to the other stations rather than there. People should not be allowed to “hang out” inside there. Port Authority what is your future plans.?

Jaf

glad i didnt take my daughter but you losers should chill with racists comments wilkinsburg though ignorant jerk
pghgirly817

what a shame. Kids & families trying to enjoy themselves around the holidays. always have a low life who wants to ruin it for all.
panda88

i agree with you M. if you go downtown, that is were the “wanna be gangstas” hang out. they are there 24/7, its ridiculous. and the sad thing is, during the the day, they have multiple port authority police there! nothing gets done, they are like the cops in the borough i live in, afraid of them.
Susan Garvin

It sounds to me as if the reporters are just doing scare stories with very little facts. I can wait an hour to find out if it was a fight between people who knew each other or an incipient riot. The “tease” left me thinking it was the latter and I needed to know more now. The they told me was what I just heard – something happened. They just updated that a shooting had occurred. It’s a pet peeve of mine – why can’t they wait until a few facts are available?

S

I get pages directly to my phone for emergency services and the reporters were not teasing or scare stories. the fights involved several hundred people, shots were fired, pd called out and requested assistance, etc. Doesn’t sound like scare stories to me. You go ahead and wait an Hour for the real stories to be sanitized for production. You go ahead there Susan and get your story from those same reporters you just said were scare stories. haha

Susan Garvin

I wasn’t getting information. I was getting partial information that could have been phrased as “we don’t know what’s going on”. That was enough to keep me away from downtown. The initial “breaking news” story did not mention gunfire. The report during the actual news didn’t mention gunfire. That came later. I didn’t want sanitized news, I wanted news I could use.

I was downtown on October 28, and I witness was an attempted shooting at a bus stop. I realize the chaos that ensues. I just wish the reporters had said something useful. You obviously saw the later report.

kf

i also was in the area and i was maybe a block away when ppl started running past saying someone was shooting then twenty toi thirty minutes later i was in a pizza place at the corner of seventh and liberty when someone was shot right outside! he was laying on the ground and police arrived very quickly and it seemed they caught the shooter bc they had him handcuffed with a light shining on him as police were talking with what seemed to be a witness in a police car across the street.
Jaf

ITS AMAZIN EVERYTIME A BLACK PERSON GETS SHOT ALL OF YOU INTERNET RACISTS HAVE A LOT TO SAY. ITS THESE KIDS INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMETHING NEGATIVE TO SAY GO TO THEIR PARENTS HOMES, PUNCH THEM THEN SAY RAISE YOUR CHILD TO HAVE SENSE. WHEN I WAS THESE KIDS AGE I DIDNT ACT LIKE THAT. YOU SHOULDNT ALLOW RACIST COMMENTS
Ronald C Krause Jr

About the shooting; there was more than one shot that was fired… About the event; at least the city and the county made somewhat of an effort to try to have a beginning of a holiday type of event, but… Yes, the uncontrolled groups that usuallly frequent the subway area got considerably worse throughout a majority of the event. I also would definatley not bring children to a majority of these festivites as alcohol seem to make even more of these people out of control. There’s even more open drinking downtown than there is around the stadium during a Steelers game.
MaryP

Hey people! Idiots come in all colors, shapes and sizes!
M

I defy any white person to walk through that crowd at the Wood Street T Station, day or night, and feel safe. It’s absurd. They need to clean it up.

jay

well it not just whtie people black people 2
Raquel

I am a caucasian woman. Can the racism – or you are just as bad as those with the guns.

Bob

Being racist is as bad as shooting someone ??? I want to hear that from you after one of your loved ones gets robbed or shot

Kent

I walk through every crowd every day and night. Not every one is a fear mongering racist like yourself. Paint your strokes a little less broadly, thank you.
linda

i walk past that t station everyday and i do feel safe

kf

what’s it matter someone got shot who knows what it was about and lots of ppl could have been hurt. these ppl saying all the racist stuff are the same wussies that walk past wood street station with their head down and move out of everyones way. lol grow up. it doesn’t take a strong person to post things on the internet behind a screen name.

thetruth

Yo KF, should those people stop and throw up their set and rep? That’s stupid, you just bought into your OWN racism. It’s funny that the Wood Street station is such a constant in this discussion. Think about it.

HometownHero

I quit walking past the Wood Street T station to and from work. Seen way to many fights and I don’t want to be near if someone pulls out a gun.
pgh1

These racist comments are offensive and uncalled for. Who are any of us to judge based on race?!?!
kf

no but y talk like this at all if you’re not willing to say something it’s just juvenile. ppl just amaze me with they’re sillyness i know plenty of little white hood rats that are just as immature with fights and guns. it’s not a black thing it’s a parents get your stupid kids in line thing
J

Racist comments come from selfish people with no gumption to do anything to make the world better, other than be a selfish racist robot.

Grow a set. Become part of the solution. Im white. I would walk through that crowd. But, I guess you tough racists arent really that tough.

Pgh1

Couldn’t agree more. People need to start to make a difference for the better rather than put others down for their inadequacies and unwillingness to make progress.
thetruth

J is a liar
Bob

J….”grow a set…. you tough racists arent really that tough” ??? GROW UP….people trying to act tough is what caused this problem in the first place you moron

eagleeye

~18,000 Pittsburgh Penguins fans leave the Consol Arena without incident.
1000 thugs hanging out at the bus station cause the city to lose control
mike s.

These folks need to get of their welfare butts and get a job! No mwonder people are fleeing the city urban core. Move to the suburbs, ITS SAFER! and the schools are BETTER!
M

Hey KF, I was there, and I can attest to the fact that there weren’t any white hood rats there. This isn’t racist, I was there. It was all black. I mean all black.
justin

I BROUGHT MY FAMILY TO THE CITY FOR WHAT WAS SUPPOST TO BE A MAGICAL AND FAMILY NIGHT, INSTEAD I SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GANG FIGHT AND HEARD SHOTS FIRED. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER THERE WAS ANOTHER FIGHT AND MORE SHOTS FIRED, THIS TIME SOMEONE WAS HIT. I WIIL NEVER TAKE MY FAMILY TO THE CITY AGAIN EVER! THAT PLACE IS LIKE A WAR ZONE. THERE WERE SO MANY SHOTS FIRED ITS WAS AMAZING ONLY ONE PERSON WAS HIT. I WONT RISK ME OR MY FAMILY BEING SHOT, THIS SEENS TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME THERE IS A EVENT IN THE CITY!
M

Why are comments being deleted? Since when is it wrong to call attention to the fact that a bunch of young black males ruined the night and caused a problem. That’s not racist, it’s a fact.
photomom

OK, all you racists, keep posting your hateful, ignorant, and mostly misspelled posts, and I will continue to flag them, and have them removed asap!!!

I just had to flag over a dozen, and they were all promptly removed!!

Thank you KDKA!!!

p

dur dur dur, keep doing you civil duties!!! you’re awesome!!! flagging those “racist” but factual posts! just answer one question for me ?????????????

who does the majority of the violent crimes in this city?(this is factual, not an opinionated question and can be backed up by statistics) so answer me that?

and its not hateful its fact. most rapist are white, doesn’t mean all white people are rapist. same goes with black people, not all are bad, not even close. the problem is, the number of violent crimes carried out by black people far outnumbers there white counterpart. so much so, this is a huge problem. they are ruining everything good and family oriented the city does.

photomom

To whoever ‘P’ is:

I am not sure what your question is. What is ‘dur dur dur’??

Also, you seem to be contradicting yourself.

Did you graduate from high school, or college, or graduate school? Not that any of those degrees are needed to be a fair, and decent person. Just wondering. Capital letters, and punctuation, and decent grammar are signs of someone who has paid attention in school, and done their best to be educated.

Just saying…
Big Sis

What makes you think most rapists are white? The Department of Justice’s own statistics show thet in 2006 forty-seven thousand white women were raped by black men. In reality, most rapes are committed by blacks, especially when you take into consideration that blacks males are only six percent of the population. They commit far more crimes than any other racial group.

pgh1

I agree! As a teacher I am disgusted by these racist comments and am thankful that KDKA is doing the right thing by taking them down. It’s time that people start looking at root causes rather than making generalizations based on insecurities personal prejudices. Thanks, fellow flagger!

p

as a teacher you are disgusted by these racist comments? haha, does your job have anything to do with, well anything? you don’t make much money, you aren’t overly smart, so i will not take your words for anything. you keep looking for your “root cause” and flagging posts.

remember those who can’t do, teach!

oh and i know the “root cause” but you will just flag it, even though i could prove it true. keep being blind and i am glad i didn’t have you as a teacher.
pgh1

P – I apologize if you are not happy with your career choice, which might explain your anger. Aside from that, my career has everything to do with what I’ve said because it is my responsibility as a citizen and teacher to model appropriate behaviors and interactions. How can we expect our children to behave any better when this is what they are exposed to? I happen to love my job and even though you “can’t,” I made the choice to because I can so save your time.
fas

I just got home from work, I was there when the T station incident occurred.It was not white people. This is fact. That does not mke me a racist, however, by clearing other posts off here you are violating our constitutional rights. When did it become ok to censor or inhibit freedom of speech?
kf

actually they even had a video on here of part of the scene at t station. there was a white girl fighting in the middle of the street so not so much a fact.lol
Bob

pgh1, where did p say he didn’t like his job ? You wrote “it is my responsibility as a citizen and teacher to model appropriate behaviors and interactions”, are you serious…I think you value yourself alot more than anybody else does

asb

and you flagged my comment?!?! Oh I’m so terribly sorry it didn’t follow your opinion! therefore it must be wrong! well fyi, my comment wasn’t race related or hateful, it was to point out that not all criminals are young black men!!!! apparently, reading the actual words was too much for you and the real racists on here will never get the point! big thanks

photomom

KDKA decides what to remove, or not to remove.

happymom

were you there photomom?? Well I was! And M is right , tonight it was all black. IT IS WHAT IT IS!! It’s not a racist comment. I know what I witnessed. Sometimes it’s all white, but that is not the case tonight . By denying what actually was going on tonight, you are being the racist ! Denying the truth of the events simply becauseof color, someone said blacks were the cause of this evenings chaos….. You mean you don’t think that is possible ? That is must be a racist lie because color was mentioned?? REALLY????

photomom

to the ‘happymom’:

Actually, yes, my husband was down there with our two youngest children,our 6 yr old, and our 11 yr old and her friend. We have four children, ages 6-19. We’ve attended light up night for many years. We actually LIVE in the city of Pittsburgh. Do you?

I am sure you did NOT see the posts removed by KDKA in the first hour, which I was helping them to delete, so you have no way of knowing what was posted, as it was hours before YOUR post. So there is absolutely no way you can call me a racist Pretty laughable.

(Also, please use some capitalization, and proof read your posts!)

My husband works in the city, downtown, our kids go to city schools, and we are street smart, and there was no problem tonight, that they encountered.

Our 4 kids all go to city schools, for a total of 27 years. And we’ve NEVER had a problem with racial tension, or violence, in all of their school years. Look at Woodland Hills, if you want to see real racial problems.

Do you life in the city??? Do you pay city taxes, to cover our costs, to protect all suburbanite workers and folks who want to enjoy the city’s services??

Really???

M

Why is it my job to punch parents in the face?
kf

i was there too. there were mostly blask but at any given time down there or in noth side, or south side, or friendship or anywhere else there are stupid kids out of control and they aren’t all black. it”s crazy how kids are so out of control being racist just gives ppl a justification to say see everyone is racist. blah blah.
panda88

part of what solution J? i walk through that area daily as well, it doesn’t change that trash hang out there. what would you like us to do? tell them to be nice boys? should i stoop to their level and fight them? get real, statistics don’t lie, and the high majority of these type of crimes come from black people. yea, i know white wanna be gangsta’s as well, but who does more crime? skin color shouldn’t matter, but when you have one group of a certain color committing 99% of these type of crimes, something is wrong and it does matter.
NorthSide

i did not know “animals” was a racist comment???
If the shoe fits, wear it!
Animals belong in cages!
Because ANIMALS ruined what was suppose to be a fun celebration!

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