Juvenile taken to hospital after shooting in Braddock
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Police are investigating after a teenager was shot in Braddock.
The shooting happened around 1:15 a.m. along Sixth Street.
Multiple gunshots rang out during the shooting. State police said they were fired from the street in the direction of a home and vehicle. A teen sitting in that vehicle was wounded, investigators said.
"We have maybe one or a couple shooters who fired a bunch of rounds at an occupied vehicle and the occupied residence," said Trooper Rocco Gagliardi.
The juvenile was taken to a local hospital to be treated for injuries, state police said. No other injuries were reported.
Police from numerous departments responded to the scene and were investigating with evidence markers laid down and several blocks of Sixth Street taped off.
Officers were seen going in and out of a duplex near the scene and KDKA-TV's news crew at the scene witnessed officers walking a man into a police vehicle in handcuffs.
It's the second shooting in Braddock in just three days. Sunday evening, Erica Vail, a mother of three, was shot and killed following a fight involving several people who live on Corey Avenue over kids playing in the street.
Police don't believe the two shootings are connected.
"What we have to monitor now is make sure this doesn't continue throughout the rest of the week so we'll be out on patrols making sure that we'll be keeping our eyes and ears open for anything," Gagliardi said.
The suspect in Wednesday's shooting remains unknown.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call state police at 412-787-2000.
