17-year-old was fatally shot Tuesday night by East Pittsburgh Police and the shooting was caught on a video that has spread on social media after being posted on Facebook. The teen was shot by officers while running from a car following a traffic stop, the Allegheny County Police Department said in a press release. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The video shows officers stopping a car on a residential street. Two people get out of the car and run and shots are then fired. One person, who has his back to the officers, appears to fall to the ground after the shots were heard. You can watch the video below. The video shows the shooting footage twice, once zoomed in:
After two shots are heard, the person recording the video gasps and can be heard saying, “why are they shooting at him? … Why are they shooting? All they did was run and they’re shooting at them?”
Another video posted on Facebook shows a person being taken into an ambulance and receiving chest compressions from a paramedic. You can watch that video, which is graphic, below:
The 17-year-old who was killed has not been named pending notification of next of kin, police said. Witnesses initially said the victim was 13. The names of the officers also haven’t been released.
The shooting happened Tuesday evening in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a borough of about 2,000 residents in Allegheny County that is 15 minutes outside of the city of Pittsburgh. The incident began with another shooting in neighboring North Braddock, according to police.
“At approximately 8:20 PM, County 9-1-1 received multiple calls reporting that shots were fired and that a male had been shot in the 800 block of Kirkpatrick Avenue,” police said. “Callers reported that a vehicle was seen fleeing the scene, and were able to provide a description of that vehicle. North Braddock Police and paramedics responded and found a 22-year-old male who had been shot. He was been transported to a local trauma center where he was treated and released.”
According to Allegheny County Police:
Information on the vehicle that fled the North Braddock scene was put out over the air for neighboring police departments to assist/respond. An East Pittsburgh police officer saw a vehicle matching the description on Grandview Avenue which also had ballistics damage to the rear window. The officer stopped the vehicle near Grandview and Howard Street in East Pittsburgh. The officer took the driver into custody. While he was putting the driver into handcuffs, two other occupants ran from the car. One individual – a 17-year-old male – was shot by police. He was transported to McKeesport Hospital where he was declared deceased. Further information on the deceased, including name, will be released by the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner once formal identification has been made and the next of kin notified.
The driver, who was handcuffed, was arrested. His name has not been released and it is not known what charges he is facing. Police are still searching for the third person who fled from the car. “ACPD Superintendent Coleman McDonough is asking that he turn himself in so that he can give a comprehensive description of what occurred this evening,” police said in the press release.
According to WTAE-TV, multiple agencies were at the scene searching for the third person.
The Allegheny County Police Homicide Unit is investigating both incidents,according to WPXI-TV.
“Anyone having information on these incidents, or video of any portion of the incidents, is asked to contact the Allegheny County Police Department. Callers to the ACPD Tip Line can remain anonymous – the number is 833.ALL.TIPS (833.255.8477). The department can also be reached via its social media sites,” the county police department said. In a Facebook post, the department added, “Please note that information is still being gathered regarding these incidents and is subject to change. Additional information will be provided as we are able.”
Police have not said if any weapons were found at the scene. Witnesses said the person who was shot was unarmed.
A witness told WTAE-TV that she saw the harrowing scene unfold from her porch. She told the news station she saw officers approaching the car with their guns drawn. The officers handcuffed the driver of the car and that is when the two passengers opened their doors and took off running. She then heard the shots.
TWO WOUNDED: After a shooting in North Braddock and then shots fired after police pull over the suspect’s car in East Pittsburgh. Stay with @KDKA for updates. pic.twitter.com/gZuq1CeiRS
— David Highfield (@DavidHighfield) June 20, 2018
A large crime scene with several police officers remained near where the police-involved shooting happened late Tuesday night, according to KDKA-TV. Police said they were still searching the area for the person who fled from the vehicle and a state police helicopter was providing support.
East Pittsburgh officials have not commented about the shooting. The office of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto tweeted a statement clarifying the shooting did not happen in his city, “This incident did not occur in the City of Pittsburgh or involve its police force. East Pittsburgh is a suburb outside of our jurisdiction named for its location east of our city.”
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Another murder as a result of Israeli training.
as a CPL holder and a first responder .. this act is a criminal offence
you are not Legally allowed to shoot a fleeing “Suspect” and those laws do apply to EVERYONE,, thats why we are supposed to have Rule of Law .. its laws for everyone , even pigs (laws were broken here )
this was a criminal act and they cannot use the ” I feared for my life” get out of prosecution free ticket for this one
ol sparky should be fired up for these pigs , this is capitol murder
“names of the officers not released” .. ahh yeah and we know why
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Another stinking pig bastard shoots another unarmed kid in the back and kills him for NO GODDAMN reason.
If the court doesn’t throw this piece of shit in the clink for murder, and let him rot there for twenty years, the people of Pittsburgh need to hang the murderous human garbage from a tree, alongside of the “judge” that freed him. End of story.
WE see this EVERY WEEK. It’s obvious that no justice will ever come from the corrupt courts, so lynch mobs are the only solution we’ve been left with.
The crooked judge is going to let the pig bastard off the hook for his “years of dedication to serving the community”, and the badged freak will be back out in the street robbing, raping and killing once again.
ALL COPS have gone rogue. Police departments are criminal organizations, and if they’re not stopped, we’ll eventually all be treated like this in a country we once owned.
I don’t want to hear excuses. If the American people, of Pittsburgh specifically in this case, continue to allow this to happen, you’re a nation of cowardly trash that’s going to suffer the tyranny they’ve brought upon themselves by their own cowardice.
Let this pig go, and you’ll know WHY I want to see Americans suffer. YOU DESERVE to suffer the most brutal tyranny for being a nation of sissies when the nation and world depends upon you to be MEN. (that’s men with BALLS between their legs — not sissy freaks who aren’t sure what gender they belong to…not men who’ve been convinced by bull-dyke feminists that being a “man” means being in touch with your “feminine side”).
This nation needs real MEN who FIGHT. What kind of s faggot are you that’s let this go on for so goddamn long, sissy-boy?
Americans today think an argument is a “fight”, and the sissy boys are afraid to take or throw a punch. What hope do we have? Cowardly little faggots WILL NOT LIVE IN FREEDOM. They never have and they never will.
Great rant, JR!
“This incident did not occur in the City of Pittsburgh or involve its police force. East Pittsburgh is a suburb outside of our jurisdiction named for its location east of our city.”………………uh huh…as if……