Man gets 22 years in prison for fatal shooting after 2019 Pittsburgh fireworks

A North Side man who unintentionally shot and killed his stepbrother following a fight after the July 4, 2019, fireworks in Pittsburgh will serve at least 22 years in prison.

Camerin Caldwell, 21, pleaded guilty in March to third-degree murder; aggravated assault and firearms counts before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Susan Evashavik DiLucente. She sentenced Caldwell to serve 22 to 44 years in state prison.

Keyari Wynn, 16, was shot once in the head and was left with permanent brain damage and on a ventilator and feeding tube until his death on May 14, 2021.

Also shot was Kenneth Green, who was struck six times.

Green, who was 18, had to have his left leg amputated above the knee and sustained severe damage to his colon and kidneys. He’s had multiple surgeries.

Green told police he had been friends with Caldwell in ninth grade, but that night, the two had gotten into a fistfight.

Caldwell was among two groups at Point State Park that had a fight as the fireworks display was ending and thousands of people were pouring out of the city, police said.

The groups, according to the prosecution, AFN and Choppa Boys, were rival gangs who released YouTube music videos against each other.

The groups separated after the fight but then met back up at Agnes Katz Plaza on Penn Avenue around 11 p.m.

There was an argument and another fight.

A male wearing a white tank top and jean shorts pulled out a gun and started firing, which was captured on video surveillance.

Caldwell’s mother and stepfather later identified him in the video.

The 9 mm handgun used in the shooting was found in a nearby dumpster, and police found eight shell casings.