Shooting in Homewood has community looking for answers
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Three people are facing charges after a shooting in Homewood on Tuesday sent another man to the hospital, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said.
Pittsburgh police were called to Kelly Street, near North Homewood Avenue, just before 10:30 a.m. after getting a ShotSpotter alert for 13 rounds.
They found the victim with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said. He was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition, officials said.
Police detained three men at the scene and recovered a gun. Alexander Clark, Daireeus Rainey and Robert Walls are all facing multiple charges, including criminal attempted homicide. They are in the Allegheny County Jail.
In the meantime, the Homewood community is calling for something to be done.
"When the gun is the tool choice, it is the gun of choice," Mayor Ed Gainey said on Monday.
Strong words Monday from Gainey in response to the mass shooting on the North Side over the weekend. Tuesday's shooting in Homewood happened less than 24 hours after his comments.
No word yet on a motive, but community members say they are scared to walk the streets in the daylight.
"It's sad that we have shootings as often as we do, not just in Homewood, but throughout the city," Zinna Scott said.
Scott is the president of the Zone 5 Public Safety Council. The group, made up of community members, gets together once a month to discuss issues plaguing their streets.
She says the top of the list is the continued gun violence.
"The biggest problem I feel in the community is lack of education, lack of jobs, lack of proper housing. People are finding ways to get into trouble rather than get into jobs," she said.
State Representative Martell Covington, who represents the Homewood area, echoes Scott's sentiments. He says getting guns off the streets should be the first priority.
"Guns are being stolen, people aren't reporting the guns that are being stolen. Gun buybacks are good, but that's not enough. So we have to make sure we are working together at all levels of government to address where the guns are coming from and how we can keep them off the streets," Covington said.
