Sheraden Shooting Leaves 2 Dead
SHERADEN (KDKA) –Police are investigating after two people were gunned down in Sheraden early Monday morning. A third person may have also been injured in the incident.
According to police, a young man was found in the middle of Glenmawr Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Monday. He was shot in the chest and backside. He was rushed to Allegheny General Hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office has identified the victim as Deondre Dozier, 17, of Sheraden. He was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1:28 a.m. An autopsy is planned for Monday.
KDKA's Mary Robb Jackson Reports:
This morning, neighbors woke up and saw another young man's body between two homes on Zephyr Street.
Police believe he was killed during the shootout on Glenmawr Avenue, but his body was not discovered until about 8 a.m.
"We do believe this was related to last night's, or should I say, early this morning there was a shootout of Glenmawr Avenue behind us here in the same block. We believe this is possibly a result of that," Pittsburgh Police Lt. Daniel Herrmann said.
"We knew that someone ran through the back and they didn't find the person until this morning. They should have at least searched better last night," Marcellus Grinage, a neighbor, said.
Police believe the weather may have played a factor in not finding the body until the morning.
Police believe multiple guns and people were involved in the shooting. Three guns were recovered at the scene and another gun was found on Dozier.
"Sounded like a couple different guns coming from different directions. I just stayed down until the shots were done," Grinage said.
KDKA's Heather Abraham Reports:
Police said there was also a 24-year-old who was dropped off at Allegheny General Hospital. He had also been shot, but police were still trying to determine if he was injured in the same shooting incident.
"Until we can talk to that person, and we hope to be able to do that today, we'll be able to find out if they're connected," Lt. Herrmann said. "We have a lot of work to do and we have to look at the evidence and see where it goes."
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