18-year-old killed, 17-year-old critically wounded in Penn Hills shooting

An 18-year-old was killed and a 17-year-old was critically wounded in an overnight shooting inside a Penn Hills home.

Allegheny County Police said its homicide unit was called after dispatchers were notified of a shooting along Anthon Drive in Penn Hills just after 2 a.m. on Tuesday. 

Officers from Penn Hills were responding to the call when they were notified of a second person who had been shot along Keefer Drive, police said. 

Police said the man was found dead inside the home along Keefer Drive. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified him as 18-year-old Kevin Walter. 

According to police, the person who was found shot at Anthon Drive was a teenage boy. The boy was taken to the hospital and was last listed in critical condition, police said.

Detectives from the Allegheny County Police Department are leading the investigation and police said the early investigation appears to show that the shooting took place inside a home on Keefer Drive.

Police said that shell casings from both a rifle and a handgun were found inside the home. 

It wasn't made clear by police whether the two teenagers were shooting at each other, but a police spokesperson said investigators believe there is a third person who was involved in the incident left the area.

Neighbor Tina Wright, who lives on Anthon Drive in Penn Hills, said she woke up early Tuesday morning to find police blocking her street. 

"Now you have two families that are struggling because one is deceased, and the other one is in critical condition," Wright said. "What for? What's the point of it? There's no point to it."  

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS.