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Three deadly shooting in 24 hours in Pittsburgh

Homewood homicide

Homewood homicide

Pittsburgh Public Safety


Pittsburgh Police are investigating three deadly shootings in 24 hours.

The latest one happened in the city's Homewood neighborhood.

According to Public Safety, the shooting occurred around 5 Wednesday morning in the 7000 block of Idlewild Street.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found a man shot in the chest, unresponsive.

The unidentified victim died a short time later.

It’s the second shooting in Homewood within 24 hours.

The person killed in a double shooting Tuesday afternoon in Homewood North is a 29-year-old East Hills man.

The Medical Examiner's office says Shakir Jackson died at UPMC Presby after the shooting inside a convenience store in the 7200 block of Frankstown Avenue.

Police say a person of interest was detained.

And, a woman was killed in a shooting early Wednesday morning in Bedford Dwellings and police are searching for a suspect.

Officers were sent to the 2500 block of Chauncey Drive a few minutes before 3 a.m.

Public Safety says the woman was shot in the head outside an apartment and a heavy-set man ran from the scene.