PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A shooting that left one person dead is under investigation in the city’s Hill District.
Pittsburgh police say it happened along Bedford Avenue around 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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According to police, they arrived on scene to find a male victim in the street with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead shortly after, police say.
While police were investigating, they say a second gunshot victim walked into a local hospital and was listed as stable. The medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Randy Edwards.
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There were no other injuries at the scene, police say, and there are no descriptions of suspects.
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