2 hurt in Sheraden shooting, including 10-year-old
A 10-year-old boy was injured Monday night after a bullet struck him while he was inside a house in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood, according to police.
Officers responding to Zephyr Avenue around 9:30 p.m. said they used a tourniquet on the boy’s arm and he was taken to a hospital in stable condition by paramedics. Police said they received a ShotSpotter alert after 14 rounds were fired.
A second person hurt in the gunfire was found nearby on Sherwood Avenue. A 19-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition, police said.
No information was released on potential suspects.
It was the second consecutive day Pittsburgh Police reported receiving a ShotSpotter alert in which 14 rounds were fired. On Sunday, a man was killed in gunfire about 11 miles away in Larimer.
Renatta Signorini is a TribLive reporter covering breaking news, crime, courts and Jeannette. She has been working at the Trib since 2005. She can be reached at rsignorini@triblive.com.
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