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One Person Shot, Killed In McKeesport

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A man was shot and killed at a home in McKeesport Saturday night.

Police say 21-year-old B.J. Cobbs was shot in the neck inside his grandparents' house on Sarah Street after 8 p.m. He died at the scene.

Friends said he was helping his grandparents hang Christmas lights this weekend.

"Him and his brother were hanging Christmas lights, and they were not to his grandma's approval, and we were just up there laughing and talking. And he swore they still looked nice, so it was gonna be alright, so… Yeah, I was just with him yesterday," said a friend of Cobbs' who wished to remain anonymous.

Police are still looking for the shooter.

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