Woman killed in overnight shooting in Pittsburgh's Bedford Dwellings, police say
A woman was killed in an overnight shooting in Pittsburgh's Bedford Dwellings, police said.
Police said the woman was shot just before 3 a.m. on Wednesday inside an apartment building along Chauncey Drive and was pronounced dead at the scene. She was later identified as 55-year-old Jacqueline Watson.
"She was shot in the head area," said Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson Cara Cruz.
According to police, a "male actor" fled from the scene of the shooting on foot. A description for the man was not provided. The investigation continues.
Neighbor Roy Whiting said he knew Watson for five years and her death "hurts." He said he last spoke to her on Tuesday night, when she was asking people for cream cheese for her buffalo chicken dip recipe.
"Messed up, it's sad," he told KDKA-TV on Wednesday.
Whiting said Watson had a good relationship with everybody.
Three deadly Pittsburgh shootings in under 24 hours
Around two hours after Wednesday's shooting in Bedford Dwellings, investigators were called to the city's Homewood neighborhood for another deadly shooting.
Around 5 a.m. Wednesday, a man was found shot in the chest along Idlewild Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
While no indication was made that the incidents are related in any way, Wednesday morning's shootings comes less than 24 hours after gunfire rang out inside a business along Frankstown Avenue in Homewood on Tuesday.
One man was killed and another was critically wounded in that incident.
