1 dead, 1 injured after shooting in Pittsburgh's Manchester neighborhood
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting in Pittsburgh's Manchester neighborhood.
Police and EMS personnel were called to the scene around 9 p.m. Sunday.
Officials responded to a ShotSpotter alert along Pennsylvania Avenue. While officers were searching the area, they were directed to an unconscious male along Warlo Street.
Medics pronounced the man, identified as 24-year-old Daevon Eggleston, dead at the scene.
Police said they learned of a walk-in at a hospital who was also shot. The victim was last in critical condition, according to police.
It was a scary, sleepless night for some residents.
"Me and my sister was on the porch talking and stuff, and we were just about to go home," said Elivie McCrey. "We heard all these gunshots. It was crazy. It sounded like a machine gun."
McCrey said she ran inside and called 911. A moment of panic soon turned into grief.
"I cried because I knew somebody had died," said McCrey. "I knew somebody had died because anytime they come shooting like that somebody always ends up dead."
"It was horrible," said McCrey. "'My baby's dead, my baby's dead.' That's the only thing I kept hearing. Eventually I walked over there to see if I could comfort somebody or give somebody a bottle of water."
McCrey said she provides support often. She's a minister who visits different communities to help stop the violence and the suffering that so many endure these days.
"You didn't just take the life from the person that died last night," said McCrey. "You took a lot of lives from other families and loved ones."
The investigation is ongoing.
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