Berlin: One person dead, five with life-threatening injuries after car driven into crowd in Berlin – CNN

A car drove into a crowd of people in a busy shopping district in western Berlin on Wednesday, killing at least one person and leaving five with life-threatening injuries, a fire department spokesperson told CNN.

Source: Berlin: One person dead, five with life-threatening injuries after car driven into crowd in Berlin – CNN

Sticker shock: Pittsburghers react to record-high gas prices across the area

PITTSBURGH — Experts said we’ve never seen gas prices this high before in Pennsylvania, and it’s only going to get worse.

Drivers told Channel 11 they are shocked to see prices at $5.09 per gallon for regular gas in Pittsburgh.

According to AAA, the price of gas will continue to rise and won’t level off for months.

Those solutions are things people told Channel 11 that they’re already doing.

“I do all my running around all at once,” said Lena Thomas. “That’s what I’m doing right now. I did all my errands in one swoop today.”

“Usually I didn’t have to ask my friends for gas money, but now I ask for gas money if I take them anywhere because gas is really high,” said Alexa Belschener.

If you are taking a summer road trip, click here for AAA’s gas cost calculator to help save money at the pump.

Source: Sticker shock: Pittsburghers react to record-high gas prices across the area

Pittsburgh business closes South Side location following violence in the area

A Facebook post late Sunday from The Fudge Farm read, “Due to the uncontrollable shootings and violence as well as other circumstances on E Carson St. Today will be Fudge Farm’s last day there.”

They added, “We can no long ask teenage children, or no one for that matter to work for us in this environment.”

The Fudge Farm thanked customers for years of support and reminded customers that their location at the Waterfront shopping area and their food truck were still open.

Source: Pittsburgh business closes South Side location following violence in the area

‘Several active shooters’ in a popular Philadelphia area leave 3 people dead and 11 others wounded | CNN

 

A bustling entertainment district turned into a scene of carnage when multiple shooters opened fire in the South Street area of Philadelphia, killing at least three people and injuring 11 others, police said.

(CNN)A bustling entertainment district turned into a scene of carnage when multiple shooters opened fire in the South Street area of Philadelphia, killing at least three people and injuring 11 others, police said.

Officers patrolling the South Street area heard gunfire and observed “several active shooters shooting into the crowd,” said Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Pace.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said at a news conference Sunday the shooting started at roughly 11:31 p.m. Saturday.

Source: ‘Several active shooters’ in a popular Philadelphia area leave 3 people dead and 11 others wounded | CNN

Man in critical condition after overnight shooting on Pittsburgh’s South Side – WPXI

 

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police are investigating after an overnight shooting on the South Side.

According to a social media post, police responded to a shots fired call at 4 a.m. Saturday, near the intersection of S 17th Street and East Carson Street.

A male ran into the Cambod-Ican Kitchen restaurant to call 911 and take cover when he was struck in the leg by a stray bullet. Owners of the restaurant told Channel 11 that the victim was hit in an artery in his leg as the shooter shot into the establishment.

The shooting in Pittsburgh’s South Side came just after city officials announced that they would be increasing police presence in the area in an attempt to lower the levels of gun violence happening there.

Source: Man in critical condition after overnight shooting on Pittsburgh’s South Side – WPXI

Shooting leaves 2 men injured in Homestead

Two men are injured after a shooting in Homestead Saturday night.

Allegheny County police said the shooting happened along the 300 block of W. 12th Avenue around 9:30 p.m.

Neighbors at the scene told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 a graduation party was going on at the time, and the victims were attending it. Neighbors also said they heard rapid gunfire.

Homestead Police Department requested the Allegheny County Police Department’s Homicide Unit.

Police ask anyone with information to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.

Source: Shooting leaves 2 men injured in Homestead

Count undated mail ballots, Commonwealth Court judge rules; Mehmet Oz remains ahead as Pa. Senate primary recount continues

President Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer ordered elections officials to keep track of how many undated ballots there are. Election officials estimate there are about 800 statewide.

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Source: Count undated mail ballots, Commonwealth Court judge rules; Mehmet Oz remains ahead as Pa. Senate primary recount continues

Iowa shooting outside church leaves 2 victims, suspected gunman dead, sheriff’s department says | Fox News

A shooting outside a church in Iowa left three dead Thursday, including the suspected gunman.

shooting in Iowa left two people and a suspected gunman dead outside a church in Ames, Iowa Thursday evening, the Story County Sheriff’s Department confirmed.

The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. local time when a man opened fire on two female victims in front of Cornerstone Church on US-30, Capt. Nicholas A. Lennie told Fox News Digital.

The church was holding an event for college-age kids when the shooting occurred, the station reported.

Source: Iowa shooting outside church leaves 2 victims, suspected gunman dead, sheriff’s department says | Fox News

Arizona woman admits guilt in ballot collection scheme | AP News

 

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman accused of illegally collecting early ballots in the 2020 primary election pleaded guilty Thursday in an agreement with state prosecutors that saw the more serious forgery and conspiracy charges dismissed and limited any potential for a lengthy prison sentence.

Guillermina Fuentes, 66, could get probation for running what Arizona attorney general’s office investigators said was a sophisticated operation using her status as a well-known Democratic operative in the border city of San Luis to persuade voters to let her gather and in some cases fill out their ballots.

Source: Arizona woman admits guilt in ballot collection scheme | AP News

Two people face drug charges after social media post draws police to Pittsburgh’s East Hills

PITTSBURGH — A social media post showing a teen waiving a gun has led to two arrests.

Police say they recognized the location in the post and acted fast.

Police said discovered that the video was shot in a parking lot in East Hills. They went to the scene and found a large group of young people, many of which were underage. The group fled and police were able to catch up with two of them.

Police arrested an underage male and 21-year-old Storm Marby. Marby is accused of dropping a stolen firearm during the foot pursuit with police. Officers found a total of eight firearms, four bricks of heroin, two bundles of fentanyl and other drugs in vehicles left behind at the scene.

Source: Two people face drug charges after social media post draws police to Pittsburgh’s East Hills

Target 11: Pittsburgh police plan to crack down on East Carson Street with patrolling

Beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, more Pittsburgh police officers in full uniform will be patrolling on East Carson Street on the South Side.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police plan to crack down on East Carson Street this weekend, and Target 11 investigator Rick Earle has learned they won’t be using undercover patrols, but saturation patrols.

Beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, more Pittsburgh police officers in full uniform will be patrolling on East Carson Street on the South Side.  The show of force is meant to address the recent uptick in violence in that area, especially during the evening hours when bars and restaurants are filled with customers. East Carson Street is a popular nightspot in the city.

“We have to be able to get our arms around this and bring a sense of control and stability to the southside, and let people know that they’re safe,” said Zone 3 Commander John Fisher, whose zone includes East Carson Street on the Southside.

Source: Target 11: Pittsburgh police plan to crack down on East Carson Street with patrolling

Teen in hot dog costume, another in gas mask prompt lockdown at Hempfield schools

State police suspect the last day of school in Hempfield Area School District may have been the impetus for two bizarre, unrelated incidents that prompted a lockdown of three schools Thursday. Police said a 14-year-old wearing a hot dog costume with his face painted as the Joker, a DC Comics character.

“We were already at the high school investigating another incident with a 16-year-old, wearing a gas mask on the school bus and as he entered the school, who made a threat on social media. That was before 8 a.m., and then the teenager, with the hot dog costume, occurred just seven minutes later,” state police spokesman Steve Limani said.

Source: Teen in hot dog costume, another in gas mask prompt lockdown at Hempfield schools

Iowa: man kills two women and then himself in latest US shooting

The women were shot dead outside a church in Ames moments after Joe Biden urged Congress to ban assault weapons

A man has shot and killed two women in the parking lot of a church in Iowa and then turned the gun on himself, police said, adding three more dead to the national toll from a series of recent shootings that have rocked the United States.

The Iowa shooting took place on Thursday shortly after president Joe Biden delivered a major address on gun violence in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, in recent weeks.

Meanwhile another shooting on Thursday wounded two people attending a burial at a cemetery in Racine, Wisconsin.

Source: Iowa: man kills two women and then himself in latest US shooting

Woman and two firefighters injured in Pittsburgh apartment fire

Fire broke out on Wednesday evening

A woman was evaluated by paramedics and two junior firefighters were taken to the hospital after fire broke out in a three-story building that has apartments in Terrace Village, which is located in Pittsburgh’s Oak Hill neighborhood.

The fire was reported around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the building on the 3000 block of Terrace Street.

Source: Woman and two firefighters injured in Pittsburgh apartment fire

Pennsylvania stimulus: Wolf pushing for $2,000 checks to Pennsylvanians

 

Gov. Tom Wolf came to Pittsburgh Wednesday to discuss his proposed plan to give $2,000 in direct payments to Pennsylvanians using American Rescue Plan Act money.

Despite a $1.7 billion proposal by Wolf, his office said Pennsylvania is sitting on more than $2 billion in federal ARPA dollars that remain without a plan and uncommitted.

The money would have to ​be sent back to the federal government by Dec. 31, 2024.

In April, Wolf’s office said Democratic leaders in the Senate and House committed to introducing bills to support Wolf’s PA Opportunity Program.

The program uses $500 million in ARPA dollars to provide direct payments of up to $2,000 for Pennsylvania households with an income of $80,000 or less.

The program aims to help families still recovering economically from the COVID-19 pandemic or support them with covering pandemic-related costs and managing the current, everyday increasing cost of living.

“I’m talking about $2 billion that’s sitting in a checking account out in Harrisburg,” Wolf said at the West View Hub on Wednesday. “If we don’t use it by the end of 2024, we have to send it back to Washington.”

 

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Source: Pennsylvania stimulus: Wolf pushing for $2,000 checks to Pennsylvanians

3-year-old boy dies at Pittsburgh hospital; woman charged with homicide

A 3-year-old boy died at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh after an incident that started with a report that he was choking on baby wipes at a home in Bedford County.

Police said they were called to a house on East First Street in Everett Brough on Saturday night for a report that Travis W. Young, of Everett, was choking on the wipes. EMS personnel were able to remove the wipes from Young’s airway.

According to the criminal complaint, the boy had bruising and marks on his chest and neck consistent with being caused by an adult.

His cause of death was ruled a homicide and, according to investigators, was determined to be a result of manual strangulation and asphyxiation.

His step mother, 31-year-old Chelsea Cooley, of Everett, is charged with criminal homicide and other offenses.

Source: 3-year-old boy dies at Pittsburgh hospital; woman charged with homicide

Gun reform rally demands Sen. Toomey support gun safety laws

A gun reform rally was held Tuesday afternoon outside of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s office building in downtown Pittsburgh.

Several organizations including Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, March for Our Lives, Cease Fire PA, Pittsburgh Public School teachers, parents and students came together to demand Toomey support gun safety legislation.

The rally is in light of recent violence across the city of Pittsburgh and the nation, including the mass shooting in Buffalo and the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting.

“The shooter in Buffalo was not a criminal mastermind, the shooter in Texas was not a criminal mastermind,” Hogg said. “These were barely adults, they were 18 and 19-year-olds who waited until they were old enough to buy an AR-15 legally and they did so. Stop arming the bad guys with guns.”

“People are afraid, people are angry that our children aren’t being protected,” said Nina Esposito-Visgitis, Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers president. “Our teachers do everything they can to protect our kids, our students mean everything to them. But some things can not protect our students unless, the laws are in place.”

Source: Gun reform rally demands Sen. Toomey support gun safety laws

More than a dozen vehicles vandalized inside Downtown Pittsburgh parking garage – WPXI

Windshields, back windows and mirrors were smashed on vehicles parked on several floors of the Oliver Garage.

It’s not clear when this happened, and if this was the only garage hit Downtown.

Source: More than a dozen vehicles vandalized inside Downtown Pittsburgh parking garage – WPXI

Man dead, woman injured in Pittsburgh shooting

Shooting happened early Wednesday morning

A man is dead and a woman is in the hospital following a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood.

The shooting happened a little before 1 a.m. Wednesday on the 7700 block of Frankstown Avenue.

The man who was killed was identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office as Glenn Tyrone Davenport III, 34, of Pittsburgh.

No arrests have been announced.

Source: Man dead, woman injured in Pittsburgh shooting

2 men accused of trying to shoplift, pepper spraying employee in Bethel Park – CBS Pittsburgh

BETHEL PARK, Pa. (KDKA) – Two men were arrested after Bethel Park police said they tried to shoplift then pepper sprayed a store employee.

Police said William Loughner and Witt Yost tried to leave a store with stolen merchandise earlier this month.

When an employee stopped them and asked for a receipt, police said Loughner pepper sprayed the worker before they both ran away.

Through their investigation, police said they were able to identify the pair. Warrants were issued for both of them, and police said they were recently arrested in Washington County.

Loughner was charged with robbery, criminal conspiracy, simple assault, retail theft and possessing instruments of crime while Witt was charged with criminal conspiracy and retail theft.

Source: 2 men accused of trying to shoplift, pepper spraying employee in Bethel Park – CBS Pittsburgh

Man arrested after two Pittsburgh city employees shot at

The Pittsburgh Environmental Services collection truck the two employees were sitting in was struck by gunfire on May 23. Neither employee was injured.

Police say the person identify as the gunman who fired two shots at city environmental services employees is now in custody.

Henry Rainey, 37, was arrested Tuesday at his home on Race Street in Stowe Township. He’s charged with two counts each of aggravated assault and reckless endangering, plus a count of criminal mischief, all based on what happened May 23 in the 500 block of Fairywood Street in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Fairywood.

Source: Man arrested after two Pittsburgh city employees shot at

Over 30 people dead from gun violence during Memorial Day weekend across US

More than 30 people lost their lives from gun violence around the country over a blood-spattered Memorial Day weekend — just days after the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Dozens of victims — including 13 in Philadelphia alone — lost their lives with violence spiraling across the nation.

The City of Brotherly Love was anything but over the holiday weekend, with the staggering body count including a father and his nine-year-old son, according to local reports.

Gerald Parks, 38, and his boy, Jamel, were sprayed with bullets and killed in their car after going to a cookout, CBS 3 reported.

In another incident early Monday, two women were killed and a 14-year-old child injured after a shooting at an outdoor hookah smoking party.

At least a dozen other Philadelphians were also wounded from gunfire, cops said.

Source: Over 30 people dead from gun violence during Memorial Day weekend across US

Kennywood’s Aero 360 stops working, leaves riders stuck upside down | TribLIVE.com

Riders at Kennywood were stuck on the Aero 360 for about five minutes Monday afternoon during a ride stoppage, officials said“Maintenance staff responded, quickly brought the ride back to its designated rest position, and safely evacuated the riders,” Mark Pauls, the park’s general manager, said in a statement.

The incident occurred around 4 p.m. Spokesman Nick Paradise said there were 21 people on the ride, and they were “stopped upside down for a short period of time.”

“First Aid staff met with the guests, with three briefly visiting the First Aid Center as a precaution before being released back into the park,” Pauls said. “Safety is our first and foremost priority. The ride remains closed while a review of the incident is conducted.

Source: Kennywood’s Aero 360 stops working, leaves riders stuck upside down | TribLIVE.com

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