June 27, 2022 2:16 am
BELLE VERNON, Pa. — (WPXI) – Multiple people are hurt after a shooting early Sunday morning in Belle Vernon. According to Westmoreland County 911, the shooting took place at Sweeney’s Steakhouse on Rostraver Road. Dispatch said the call came in around 2:20 a.m. for shots fired at the restaurant. Police said they found two victims when they arrived on scene. Two people were taken into custody that police believe are behind the shooting. They arrested 26-year-old Darius Hunter and 28-year-old Diamond Jackson. Officers believe Hunter was shooting from a vehicle that Jackson in an attempt to get away. According to court documents, police received a Snapchat video that showed Hunter involved in an altercation with one of the victims. Police said that the two suspects led state police on a highs-peed chase before crashing into a pole and going over an embankment. Hunter and Jackson were taken to the Westmoreland County Jail. They will be charged with multiple felonies including attempted murder, aggravated assault and fleeing officers. The victims of the shooting were taken to the Allegheny General Hospital and are last reported in stable condition.
June 26, 2022 8:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate. It was the Senate Republican partnership with President Donald Trump to confirm conservative judges, and transform the federal judiciary, that paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell set the strategy in motion, engineering the Supreme Court’s makeover by blocking President Barack Obama’s 2016 nomination of then-Judge Merrick Garland and changing the Senate’s rules to easily confirm Trump’s picks. It was a long game that sought to lock in a conservative court majority for decades to come. Trump and McConnell, R-Ky., couldn’t have accomplished it alone, needing the backing of almost all Republican senators to reshape the bench. Now, Republicans are heading into a November midterm election that is poised to swiftly become a referendum on the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, as voters decide which party should control Congress. With the nation polarized, Democrats are vowing legislation to protect abortion access and Republicans want to impose further limits, including a nationwide ban on abortions.
June 26, 2022 8:12 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolidated their gains in the east. Associated Press journalists in Kyiv saw rescue services battling flames and rescuing civilians. Klitschko said four people were hospitalized with injuries and a 7-year-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble. Culture minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said on Telegram that a kindergarten was hit in the attacks. Ukraine Member of Parliament Oleksiy Goncharenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app that “according to prelim data 14 missiles were launched against Kyiv region and Kyiv.” Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said the missiles were Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles fired from planes over the Caspian Sea. Before Sunday’s early morning attack, Kyiv had not faced any such Russian airstrikes since June 5.
June 26, 2022 8:11 am
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday praised the continued unity of the global alliance confronting Russia, as he and other heads of the Group of Seven leading economies strategized on sustaining the pressure in their effort to isolate Moscow over its months-long invasion of Ukraine. Biden and his counterparts were meeting to discuss how to secure energy supplies and tackle inflation, aiming to keep fallout from the war from splintering the global coalition working to punish Moscow. They were set to announce new bans on imports of Russian gold, the latest in a series of sanctions the club of democracies hopes will further isolate Russia economically over its invasion of Ukraine. Leaders also were coming together in a new global infrastructure partnership meant to provide an alternative to Russian and Chinese investment in the developing world.
June 26, 2022 8:04 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — One man is dead and another is in critical condition after overnight shootings. According to Pittsburgh police, two males with gunshot wounds went to a local hospital by private means at around 12:15 a.m. Both were in critical condition and one later died. Detectives from the Violent Crime Unit are working to figure out where the shootings happened. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Major Crimes at (412) 323-7800.
June 26, 2022 8:02 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (WPXI) — The coroner was called to a house fire in Uniontown. Fayette County 911 confirmed to Channel 11 that crews are battling a structure fire at 6 Elmwood Street in the city of Uniontown. The fire was called in at 11:32 a.m., according to 911. At least one person is dead. There’s no word on whether anyone has been taken to the hospital from the scene.
June 26, 2022 3:46 am
The Turnpike Commission has issued a traffic advisory for drivers in our area. Westbound Interstate 376 in Findlay Township, Allegheny County will have lane restrictions near the Pittsburgh International Airport ramp (Exit 53), starting June 27 through July 8, with work expected to happen between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Crews will be installing overhead signs for the Southern Beltway (PA Route 576). No work will happen over the July 4 weekend (July 1 through July 4).
June 26, 2022 3:30 am
The Peters Township man accused of killing his 11-month old son in late May had his charges held for court Friday. Jordan Neil Clarke, 36, said he was in the basement of his home on May 23rd retrieving a bottle of formula for the child when he tripped on a grocery bag and fell on the baby according to the criminal complaint. The child, who was only identified as SC, was flown to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and pronounced dead. A few days after the incident, UPMC Dr. Matthew Valente sent a report to Peters Township Police saying that the baby’s injuries were “gravely concerning for physical abuse.” The complaint says the child suffered hematomas on both sides of the brain, hemorrhages in both eyes and tibia fractures. Clarke is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children. He is being held without bail in the Washington County Jail and will have a formal arraignment later this summer.
June 25, 2022 7:52 am
(WPXI) – Our news partners at WPXI report that a police officer and a woman were shot in Knoxville and Mount Oliver early Saturday morning. According to Pittsburgh police, crews responded to the 300 block of Brownsville Road in Knoxville for a report of a woman shot in the leg around 5:25 a.m. When police arrived on scene, a foot pursuit ensued with a man in the 400 block of Brownsville Road in Mount Oliver. The suspect fired a shot and hit an officer in the vest. Police said the suspect was arrested and taken to the hospital for a gunshot wound to the shoulder, although it was unclear where it happened. Police said the initial investigation shows no responding officers fired their weapons. The police officer who was shot at was taken to a hospital for evaluation. The woman was also taken to a hospital. Allegheny County Homicide detectives are investigating.
June 25, 2022 3:58 am
BEIJING (AP) – Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong to celebrate next week’s 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China following a crackdown on a pro-democracy movement that has inflamed tension with Washington and Europe. The official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday Xi will attend an anniversary gathering and the first meeting of the territory’s new government. Xi has avoided trips outside the Chinese mainland since the start of the coronavirus pandemic 2 1/2 years ago. His decision to go to Hong Kong reflects the anniversary’s historical importance in the ruling party’s eyes and to the image Xi is trying to construct for himself as leader of a “national rejuvenation.”
