Police investigating two Wilkinsburg shootings, high speed chase

Two shootings that happened in Wilkinsburg are under investigation by the Allegheny County Police Department. 

Allegheny County police said that they were called to investigate after two women were shot around 11 p.m. near Laketon Road in Wilkinsburg.

According to police, after the women were shot, they left the area of Laketon Road in their vehicle and were picked up by medics near Allegheny River Boulevard and Nadine Road in Penn Hills and were taken to the hospital from there.

Police said one of the women was shot in the leg and grazed in the wrist and the other woman was grazed in the leg. Both are expected to be okay.

KDKA's news crew at the scene of the shooting on Laketon Road saw numerous evidence markers and crime tape lining the area while officers were investigating. 

Police said that while officers were there investigating, two other vehicles approached the area at high speed and gunshots were fired from one vehicle towards the other. 

Police said officers chased after the vehicle from which the shots had been fired, but lost sight of it. 

Investigators said the vehicle that was shot at stopped at the intersection of Robinson Boulevard and Sunrise Avenue in Pittsburgh's East Hills neighborhood and called police. 

KDKA's news crew at the scene saw a white car that had two of its windows shot out. A man and a boy inside weren't hurt.

A woman who doesn't want to be identified said she was watching TV when she heard gunfire coming from just outside her home.

"My kids were under the bed, crying, terrified, and I just held them, you know what I mean, let them know it's okay, mommy's here," she said. 

She sad she just wants the violence to stop.

"This is the world we live in," she said. "I'm numb now, you know it's all about protecting my kids."

Detectives from the Allegheny County Police Department are leading the investigation into the two shootings.