Category: Crime

One person was taken to a local hospital in critical condition after a shooting Saturday morning on Lakewood Drive in Pittsburgh.

City police responded at about 4:30 a.m. to a Shotspotter alert for multiple rounds of gunfire in the 1300 block of Lakewood. They found a wounded male victim and rendered aid until paramedics arrived.

The city’s Violent Crime Unit is investigating, police said.

Source: 1 critically wounded in shooting on Pittsburgh’s Lakewood Drive

Three people who were part of a sophisticated, $87 million health care fraud scheme were sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. The three were among a total of 16 people charged for billing Pennsylvania Medicaid for in-home health care for services that were never performed.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon sentenced Arlinda Moriarty, 53, of Cranberry to seven years in prison.

Her sister, Daynelle Dickens, 48, of Pittsburgh was ordered to serve two years, and their uncle, Tony Brown, 65, was ordered to serve three years probation, including three months on house arrest.

The three, who pleaded guilty in May, must also pay restitution. For Moriarty, that amount is $8.7 million.

Source: Three sentenced in $87 million Medicaid fraud scheme

PITTSBURGH —

A man died after being shot multiple times in Pittsburgh’s St. Clair neighborhood.

The shooting happened around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday on the 500 block of Kohne Street.

State police said they found the man, identified as 26-year-old Marcus Watts, in the road with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced him dead at the scene.

No arrests have been announced.

A WPXI photographer saw a vehicle in the middle of the street with multiple bullet holes, two vehicles with their windows broken out and evidence markers on the ground.

Source: Police: 3 detained after shots fired on Pittsburgh’s South Side

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West Mifflin, Pa. (AP) — Three people including two teenagers were shot late Saturday at an amusement park southeast of Pittsburgh, which was kicking off a Halloween-themed festival.

Police said two 15-year-olds and an adult man were injured during the shooting reported around 11 p.m. at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. The victims were treated at hospitals and expected to recover, KDKA-TV reported.

Authorities said an argument between two groups of teenagers prompted the shooting by a suspect described as a male wearing a mask and black hoodie, KDKA-TV reported.

Kennywood had functioning metal detectors and security personnel were on duty, police said, leaving the unanswered question of how a gun entered the park.

Police are investigating using the park’s security cameras and witness statements, KDKA-TV reported.

Source: https://www.wfmj.com/story/47354946/3-injured-during-shooting-at-amusement-park-near-pittsburgh

Two people were shot in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood Monday morning.

Police determined that two females were shot and taken to a local hospital by private means. One of them was shot in the stomach and was in serious condition, the other was shot in the foot and she is in stable condition.

Pittsburgh police continue to investigate.

Source: 2 people shot in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood