'This was a shooting and not fireworks:' 25-year-old woman killed, four injured in Jeannette
JEANNETTE, Pa. (KDKA) — This morning, a community is shaken after one person was shot and killed, and another four were injured after gunfire erupted in Jeannette.
A sad situation when 25-year-old Brianna Lartz was killed and four others were taken to the hospital after the shots were fired around 9:30 p.m. on Friday.
Lartz was visiting her friend and was in the process of moving from Jeannette to Uniontown.
"I heard some yelling, I couldn't really make out what was said other than get your hands up against the wall, then I heard multiple shots, I don't know how many, then after that, I heard a woman screaming and realized this was shooting and not fireworks like we hoped it would be," recalled Elena Wingham.
The four injured were taken to local hospitals where they are being treated.
Their conditions are unknown.
Investigators say, Deshawn Russell, 25, and another man were involved in the shooting death of Lartz. Both men are considered armed and dangerous and are known to frequent the Wilkinsburg, Braddock, and Uniontown areas.
In the meantime, state police put out an alert early Saturday morning, saying Russell was missing, along with 3-year-old K'Hari Lartz.
The child has since been found safe. Russell is still at large.
The family of Brianna Lartz tells KDKA K'Hari is Brianna's youngest child, and Russell is his father.
If anyone has information on his whereabouts, you're asked to call the Jeannette police.
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