Violent Memorial Day Weekend In Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A violent holiday weekend across the city left four people hurt in three separate shootings, including three children under the age of 18. In a span of 24 hours over the Memorial Day weekend, Pittsburgh Police responded to a double shooting and two other shootings that sent all the victims to the hospital. A gunfight in the city’s Hill District early Monday morning left a woman caught in the crossfire. Gunfire erupted around 2 a.m. on Bedford Avenue. Police said the woman’s head was grazed by a bullet after a fight broke out between two men that ended with the men shooting at each other. The woman is expected to make a full recovery. A few hours before that gunfight, detectives and a police K9 were investigating a double shooting in the city’s Homewood North neighborhood. Police said two boys were hurt on Nolan Court and were rushed to Children’s Hospital. They’re also expected to fully recover. Sunday afternoon, a teen was wounded in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood. The 16-year-old boy is recovering after he was shot in the leg at Larimer Avenue and Deary Street.