Jennygirl
04-25-2007, 05:51 PM
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A man was shot three times this morning in Homewood in front of numerous witnesses, including students from Faison Arts Academy on their way to school.
Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said the students were at a bus stop at Idlewood Street and North Lang Avenue in Homewood when then they saw the man shot. Ms. Pugh said some of the students were picked up by parents and taken home for the day.
Cmdr. Thomas Stangrecki, head of major crimes, said the 20-year-old victim was walking in the 7100 block of Upland Street at about 8:45 a.m. when a gunman armed with an assault rifle approached him and opened fire. The man was struck in the shoulder and twice in the leg and was listed in serious condition at a local hospital.
The gunman fled in a Cadillac that police later stopped. A person was in custody, but it wasn't immediately clear if he is the suspected shooter.
By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A man was shot three times this morning in Homewood in front of numerous witnesses, including students from Faison Arts Academy on their way to school.
Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said the students were at a bus stop at Idlewood Street and North Lang Avenue in Homewood when then they saw the man shot. Ms. Pugh said some of the students were picked up by parents and taken home for the day.
Cmdr. Thomas Stangrecki, head of major crimes, said the 20-year-old victim was walking in the 7100 block of Upland Street at about 8:45 a.m. when a gunman armed with an assault rifle approached him and opened fire. The man was struck in the shoulder and twice in the leg and was listed in serious condition at a local hospital.
The gunman fled in a Cadillac that police later stopped. A person was in custody, but it wasn't immediately clear if he is the suspected shooter.