At least two young people were shot dead during a celebration with around 200 mostly minors on Sunday night.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the party took place in a house that was rented out on the Airbnb portal.
Suddenly shots were fired! At least 50 bullets were fired, according to local authorities. The sad balance of the originally boozy party night: Ten people suffered gunshot wounds, two of them died in the hospital.
While fleeing from the perpetrator or perpetrators, several young people jumped out of the windows of the house, some of them suffered broken bones and lacerations.
The dramatic minutes are captured in a Facebook live stream by a guest. In the video, one of the visitors screams in fear: “He has a gun!” Shortly afterwards, several rapid shots can be heard. Many of the guests rush out of the house, crowded and screaming.
The background of the fact is still completely unclear. There was no information about an arrest until Sunday afternoon (German time).
A local resident described the party to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as “chaos”. Around 11 p.m., cars flooded the streets. In front of the Airbnb house, the guests had queued and waited to be admitted, said Mitchell Wilston (30).
The neighbor continued: “It was like in a club.” There were clearly minors at the party. “These kids looked like they were 14 years old,” says Wilston.
Shootings have erupted in Pittsburgh in recent weeks. The incident at the party was the fourth in 30 hours. Mayor Ed Gainey (52) spoke of a “pandemic of gun violence” at the end of March. Their containment is the top priority of his administration.
