May 30, 2022 3:42 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — A 1-year-old boy was shot and killed in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon. During a press conference following the shooting, officials said the shooting was a targeted incident. The child was not the intended target, but a passenger in the car was. Officials said that residents shouldn’t feel unsafe at this time. The boy has been identified as DeAery Thomas. According to a release from Pittsburgh Police, the shooting happened at around 2:44 p.m. Officials at the scene said the shooting was a drive by shooting, and a bullet went right through the window of a Jeep, hitting the child. He was pronounced dead when medics arrived. There is no word on any potential suspect. Officials said that investigators have located the car they believe the suspect was driving later Sunday. During the press conference, Mayor Ed Gainey vowed to take action.
May 29, 2022 8:35 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Recounting began Friday in the too-close-to-call Republican primary contest for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. Barely 900 votes separate celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick. The initial result from last week’s primary election has remained elusive, since some counties were still tallying up remaining ballots. The Associated Press won’t declare a winner in the race until the recount is complete on June 8. The winner will take on the Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, in November. McCormick’s campaign has also been waging a fight in court to scrounge for votes that might help him close the gap with Oz.
May 29, 2022 8:09 am
(AP) – A scientific analysis commissioned by the FBI shortly before agents went digging for buried treasure suggests that a huge quantity of gold could be below the surface of a rural site in western Pennsylvania. That’s according to newly released government documents and photos that deepen the mystery of the 2018 dig at Dent’s Run. The report was authored by a geophysicist who performed testing at the site. The government has long claimed its excavation did not yield any of the Civil War-era gold that legend says was buried there. The newly revealed geophysical survey was part of a court-ordered release of government records on the FBI’s treasure hunt.
May 29, 2022 8:08 am
ELIZABETH, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a small plane crashed into a wooded area of western Pennsylvania, critically injuring the pilot. Authorities in Allegheny County and federal officials said the single-engine Aeronica 7 Champion aircraft went down in Elizabeth Township less than a mile from Rostraver Airport shortly before 7 p.m. Friday. Chief Ken Honick of the township’s police force said the pilot was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition. He said the pilot was conscious, alert and talking to first responders. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
May 29, 2022 3:55 am
A California Borough man who tried to stab his neighbor will face trial. Donte Valentino, 32 faces felony attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges among others for the attempted stabbing of his neighbor. Victim testimony from Thomas Dubreucq stated that Valentino was arguing with a neighbor. Valentino left and returned with a butcher’s knife and was waiving it aimlessly. Dubreucq asked Valentino, who he considered a friend, if everything was alright. Valentino then attacked Dubreucq through a screen door stabbing at his torso. A neighbor broke up the altercation and Valentino returned to his apartment until police were able to apprehend him. All six charges levied against Valentino were held for court. Valentino is free on $25,000 bail.
May 28, 2022 10:33 am
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) – Local officials say Russian and Ukrainian troops are engaging engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city. They reported that Russian forces were “storming” the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Sunday and that the fighting has knocked out power and cellphone service and terrorized civilians who haven’t fled. Sievierodonetsk has emerged as an epicenter of Russia’s quest to conquer Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region. Russia also stepped up its efforts to take nearby Lysychansk, where Ukrainian officials reported constant shelling. The two cities are the last major areas under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk province, which together with neighboring Donetsk makes up Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region.
May 28, 2022 10:23 am
HOUSTON (AP) – Nearly 10 years ago, the slaughter of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School looked like it might break through the United States’ political stalemate on guns. That evaporated a week later when National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre gave a defiant speech. Now, Republicans are making similar points as the nation reels from a massacre that left at least 19 children at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas dead Much has changed since Sandy Hook and the NRA is not the powerhouse it once was, but an expansive view of gun rights is woven so tightly into the fabric of conservatism it might not matter.
May 28, 2022 10:21 am
The actions of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers moved swiftly to the center of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Authorities acknowledged Friday that children and teachers repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while the police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway at Robb Elementary School. The delay in confronting the shooter – who was inside the school for more than an hour – could lead to discipline, lawsuits and even criminal charges against police.
May 28, 2022 10:19 am
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Agatha, the first tropical storm of the 2022 hurricane season in the Pacific, has formed off Mexico’s southern coast. The National Hurricane Center says Agatha is expected to become a hurricane and head towards land. On Saturday, the center of the tropical storm was located about 175 miles (280 kilometers) southwest of Puerto Angel, with winds of 60 mph (95 kph). The storm was moving north-northwest at 5 mph (7 kph), but was expected to take a turn further northward. A hurricane watch was issued for parts of the coast of the southern state of Oaxaca, where Agatha could make landfall by Tuesday.
May 28, 2022 4:07 am
ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa.-(WPXI) – An investigation is underway to find out what caused a small plane to crash in Elizabeth Township on Friday evening. Officials told ours news partner WPXI the plane was taking off from a runway less than half of a mile from where it crashed. The plane was reportedly doing a touch and go maneuver when it lost altitude and went down. The plane was headed to the Finleyville Airport in northern Washington County at the time of the crash. The crash was reported in a wooded area along Skillet Hill Road, off of Route 136 just before 7 p.m. Elizabeth Township Police Chief Kenneth Honick told WPXI that area residents helped first responders find the aircraft. “We entered the wood line and found the plane that was crashed,” Honick said. “It’s a small Cessna. It had a single occupant. The occupant was conscious and alert at the time.” The pilot was taken by life flight to Allegheny General Hospital for life-threatening injuries. The Federal Aviation Administration Reconstruction Team has been called to investigate the crash.
