Shooting Victim Dies From Injuries, Found In Front Yard In Duquesne Heights
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pittsburgh Police officers responded to the scene of a fatal shooting early Monday morning in the city's Duquesne Heights neighborhood.
A victim was found unresponsive, lying in the grass just steps away from the front porch of a home on Plymouth Street around 3 a.m.
Police say he was shot multiple times and died from his injuries.
Several detectives focused their attention in the front yard of the home, placing at least nine evidence markers down on the ground surrounding the victim.
KDKA also watched detectives shift their attention to the sidewalk and a truck parked directly across the street. The truck had bullet holes in it, and a home was hit with at least one bullet as well.
Neighbors were shaken by the incident.
"My son looked out, my fiancé looked out and there was nothing out here, there was nobody out here," said Melony Petrick.
She said her entire family heard the sound of loud popping around 11:30 Sunday night. They assumed it was fireworks, but later learned it was a fatal shooting directly across the street.
"My daughter's bedroom is right here in the front, so my stomach was upside down this morning when I heard that," said Petrick.
She said she sent her husband outside to investigate the noise, but he didn't notice anything unusual.
"He came down and he didn't see anything," said Petrick. "He looked outside, he checked around and there was nothing out there."
A few hours later, detectives informed her that her fiancé's red truck was that one that was struck by the bullet. The bullet appeared to enter the bottom right of the windshield. Detectives focused a lot of their attention around the truck throughout the course of the morning.
Detectives blocked off Plymouth Street from Well Street to West Sycamore Street.
Whittier Elementary School and the Olympia Dog Park are just a short distance away from the scene.
Tommy Pouch said his relative messaged him early Monday morning and asked him what happened in front of his house.
"There's a lady here that was 92 when she died, this lady is 91. The people that lived here, live here for a long, long time, generations," said Pouch. "Hopefully, you think, I don't want to say, 'There goes the neighborhood.'"
He's lived on Plymouth Street for 50 years and said he hopes police catch the gunman.
"This has to be some kind of isolated incident," he said.
Police have not released any details on a possible suspect. The victim's name has not yet been released.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Pittsburgh Police at 412-323-7800.
