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| Police are searching for at least two gunmen who shot dead five people in an “ambush-style attack” at a party in suburban Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. | |
| Allegheny County police said four women and a man were killed late on Wednesday during a backyard party in the borough of Wilkinsburg. At least three others are in hospital, where two men are in critical condition and one woman is stable. | Allegheny County police said four women and a man were killed late on Wednesday during a backyard party in the borough of Wilkinsburg. At least three others are in hospital, where two men are in critical condition and one woman is stable. |
| Police said people scrambled from the backyard toward the house as bullets began flying. Four of the victims were found dead on the back porch. The other died at a hospital. | |
| At least two suspects fled on foot. No suspects are in custody and a motive was not immediately known. | At least two suspects fled on foot. No suspects are in custody and a motive was not immediately known. |
| A photograph of the shooting location, posted by local TV WPXI reporter Jennifer Tomazic, shows remnants of a backyard cookout, with a barbecue, strewn chairs and trash littered about. | A photograph of the shooting location, posted by local TV WPXI reporter Jennifer Tomazic, shows remnants of a backyard cookout, with a barbecue, strewn chairs and trash littered about. |
| UPDATE: The backyard where police say 5 were killed and 3 were injured in shooting in #Wilkinsburg #wpxi pic.twitter.com/f6dm0hMTQ3 | UPDATE: The backyard where police say 5 were killed and 3 were injured in shooting in #Wilkinsburg #wpxi pic.twitter.com/f6dm0hMTQ3 |
| BREAKING: Alley where police say gunmen fired on bbq in Wilkinsburg. 8 shot, 5 dead. No shooters in custody @WPXI pic.twitter.com/zqWD2y0kuQ | BREAKING: Alley where police say gunmen fired on bbq in Wilkinsburg. 8 shot, 5 dead. No shooters in custody @WPXI pic.twitter.com/zqWD2y0kuQ |
| Officials said Wilkinsburg police officers were called to the scene at 10.54pm to find eight people with gunshot wounds. | Officials said Wilkinsburg police officers were called to the scene at 10.54pm to find eight people with gunshot wounds. |
| “It would appear from early examination of the scene that a backyard party/cookout was being held at the rear of the home,” an official press release said. “The ballistic evidence on the scene leads police to believe that two different weapons were discharged from two different people.” | “It would appear from early examination of the scene that a backyard party/cookout was being held at the rear of the home,” an official press release said. “The ballistic evidence on the scene leads police to believe that two different weapons were discharged from two different people.” |
| Lieutenant Andrew Schurman of the Allegheny County homicide unit said the gunmen had barged into the party and opened fire in an ambush-style attack. | Lieutenant Andrew Schurman of the Allegheny County homicide unit said the gunmen had barged into the party and opened fire in an ambush-style attack. |
| He said police do not believe anyone at the party fired back. | He said police do not believe anyone at the party fired back. |
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| “It looks like right now they were all fleeing toward the back door of the residence when the second gunman fired from the side of the yard,” Schurman said. “They all seemed to get caught on the back porch.” | “It looks like right now they were all fleeing toward the back door of the residence when the second gunman fired from the side of the yard,” Schurman said. “They all seemed to get caught on the back porch.” |
| Resident Kayla Alexander told WPXI-TV that she heard a barrage of gunshots – more than 20. | Resident Kayla Alexander told WPXI-TV that she heard a barrage of gunshots – more than 20. |
| Wilkinsburg is a residential neighbourhood of about 16,000 people, 13km (8 miles) east of Pittsburgh. It is a poor suburb known for drug violence, but the particular street the shooting took place on is usually quiet, neighbours said. | |
| James Boyd, 70, has lived just three doors away from the home where the shooting took place for 24 years and hear the attack take place. “I thought it was maybe the pipes bursting. But then we realised it was gunshots,” Boyd told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, noting that gunfire “went on for almost a minute”. | |
| “We’ve had trouble in this neighbourhood before but never this close to home,” Boyd said. “I’ve never seen anything like this before.” | |
| Groups of residents were reported to be gathered on the street, some of them sobbing and saying they had lost family members. Dozens of shell casings littered the pavement of an alleyway near the site, where police were gathering evidence and talking to witnesses. | Groups of residents were reported to be gathered on the street, some of them sobbing and saying they had lost family members. Dozens of shell casings littered the pavement of an alleyway near the site, where police were gathering evidence and talking to witnesses. |
| Vehicles from the medical examiner’s office arrived in the early hours of Thursday to remove the victims’ bodies. | Vehicles from the medical examiner’s office arrived in the early hours of Thursday to remove the victims’ bodies. |
| Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. | Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. |