25-Year-Old Injured Running Away From Shots Fired In Clairton
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
CLAIRTON, Pa. (KDKA) - Police have made arrests in response to a shooting in Clairton on Thursday afternoon.
According to Allegheny County Police, they were called to the 400 block of Park Avenue just after 1:00 p.m. and when they arrived on the scene, they found a 25-year-old who was injured while running away from the gunfire.
While no one was hit by the gunfire, two juvenile males were found running from the scene and were detained by Clairton Police.
Allegheny County Police found through their investigation learned that a 14-year-old from Clairton was responsible for the shooting. They also found that the 14-year-old was attempting to throw away heroin.
A referral has been made through the juvenile justice system to include allegations of aggravated assault, narcotics possession, and firearms offenses.
Meanwhile, detectives also observed a wanted felon among a group of four people inside of a vehicle parked in the 1400 block of Marion Circle.
He was identified as 24-year-old Jameil Greene and he attempted to flee police.
Greene was arrested while carrying a firearm that was reported as stolen.
The other three people in the car were identified as 24-year-old Tyrieke Hammonds of Clairton, 20-year-old Deonte Reddick of Clairton, and 20-year-old Hazeon Kidd of East Liberty.
All four people in the ca are facing charges of firearm violations and narcotics possession after firearms, marijuana, oxycontin, fentanyl, heroin, and $10,000 in cash.
