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One person was killed and two others were wounded after a shooting on Fifth Ave. on Saturday evening, less than a quarter of a mile from Duquesne’s campus. The university has said that the victims were neither students nor employees at the university.
Police have secured the crime scene and set up a perimeter, but there are currently no suspects, and nobody is in custody. The shooting occurred near the intersection of Fifth and Marion Street, near the Shell gas station frequented by on-campus and nearby residents. Fifth and several other streets in the area remain closed. According to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Blotter, the alleged shooter fled northward on foot, in the opposite direction of Duquesne’s campus.
Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS were dispatched to the area for a ten round ShotSpotter alert just before 8 p.m., and at 8:11, students received a DUALERT reporting gunshots on campus, and commanding students to stay inside and lock doors. At 8:30, a follow-up message simply read “incident occurred off campus.”
There is an ongoing investigation by the Violent Crime Unit.
This story will be updated as information is provided.