Protests Erupt in Pittsburgh Over Black 17-Year-Old Shot Dead by Police Officer

Gateway Pundit – by Christina Laila

Protests erupted in East Pittsburgh Wednesday after a police officer shot a 17-year-old black male dead late Tuesday night.

The police officer, who is in his 20’s was reportedly sworn in just hours before the shooting.

Fox News reported: 

Protests erupted outside of the East Pittsburgh Police station over a 17-year-old boy shot and killed by a police officer late Tuesday as he ran from a traffic stop related to a separate shooting.

The gathering for Antwon Rose, which spread across social media with photos and video, saw demonstrators praying, chanting, marching and calling for an end to violence and police brutality, KDKA reported.

“From all accounts, he was a generous, hard-working and highly promising student. Affirmations of his generosity of spirit and genuine good heartedness have begun pouring in from all corners of the East Pittsburgh community where he lives,” his family’s attorney, D. Lee Merritt, said in a statement.

The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said Rose, who worked for the wife of a candidate for lieutenant governor, died at the hospital. The brief report released Wednesday did not list a cause of death or say how many times or where the teenager was shot.

Investigators said Wednesday that the car stopped in East Pittsburgh matched the description of a vehicle being sought in a nonfatal shooting in a town a few miles away. An East Pittsburgh officer, who has not been identified, was taking the driver into custody when the two passengers, including 17-year-old Antwon Rose, ran off.

Investigators have said Rose was shot three times. They also said nobody fired a weapon at the officer during the stop and the teen did not have a weapon on him.

CBS Pittsburgh reported police found two weapons inside of the vehicle, but none on Antwon Rose’s person.

According to police, officers initially responded to a shots fired called on Kirkpatrick Avenue in North Braddock. When they arrived, they found a 22-year-old man had been shot in the abdomen.

The shooter fired nine .40-caliber founds at the victim from a vehicle. The victim returned fire and struck the vehicle with multiple rounds.

Callers reported that a car was spotted fleeing the scene.

Police spotted what they believed was the same car on Grandview Avenue in East Pittsburgh a short time later. The car had bullet holes in the rear windows.

While an East Pittsburgh police officer was detaining the driver, two passengers ran from the car, including Rose. The officer opened fire and Rose was struck by multiple rounds.

Protesters in an intersection screamed, “Justice now! Shut it down!”

VIDEO:

Police cruiser slowly drove through the crowd:

More footage shows protesters blocking a police cruiser on Braddock Avenue.

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One thought on “Protests Erupt in Pittsburgh Over Black 17-Year-Old Shot Dead by Police Officer”

  1. It’ll be a glorious day when protesters opt for ripping the pig out of his home and hanging him rather than screaming in the streets.

    We’ll be getting there soon, I think. How much of this can people stand?

    One’s not worth mentioning. Two can be explained away. Three is a tragedy. Four indicates we might have a problem. Five is disturbing.

    Every goddamn week means something has to be done, and protesting is ignored.

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