Four people shot in short period of time around Pittsburgh

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The increase in gun violence around the city continued on Thursday evening.

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Pittsburgh Police say three people were shot in the Spring Hill area around 11:55 p.m.

34 Rounds in total were fired on Rhine Place.

A female suffered a gunshot wound. Police applied a tourniquet before medics arrived. Another woman was shot in the leg.

A man was shot in the neck, transported to the hospital in critical condition.

The females were transported in stable condition.

In Perry South, police found a 17-year-old sitting in the grass on the 2500 block of Maple Avenue around 6:15 p.m. with a gunshot wound to the right leg.

Officers applied a tourniquet on the victim before medics arrived.

The victim told police the shots came from a dark-colored SUV and then fled off in an unknown direction.

The victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

Both investigations are on-going.

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