Mass Shooting: Five People Shot Dead, Three More Wounded at Backyard Barbecue Near Pittsburgh

Shooters Still on the Run – Slaughtered Four Women, One Man Overnight

Allegheny County police are looking for at least two gunmen who shot and killed five people and wounded three others at a backyard barbecue around 11:00 PM Wednesday night in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.

30 to 40 rounds were reportedly fired, police have not mentioned any motive.

 

“It went on for almost a minute,” James Boyd, a neighbor, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I thought it was maybe the pipes bursting. But then we realized it was gunshots. We’ve had trouble in this neighborhood before but never this close to home. I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

Another neighbor told the paper “she was walking home from the East Busway when she heard about 26 gunshots.”

“This street is always quiet, there’s nothing but kids on this street,” Kayla, 20, said. “To see that, it’s new, and it’s probably shocking to everyone else up here. I’m shaking.”

 

Images: Screenshots via CBS Pittsburgh Video