Man shot dead in Homewood; school temporarily locked down

PITTSBURGH — A male was fatally shot in Homewood on Tuesday afternoon in Pittsburgh's first homicide of 2018, and a nearby high school was temporarily placed on lockdown as police investigated.

The man has been identified as Diron Lamonn Hopwood, 25, of Pittsburgh, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office. HE died of a gunshot wound to the chest.

Neighbors told Channel 11 they heard several gunshots at the corner of North Murtland and Upland streets around 1:30 p.m., just blocks down the street from Westinghouse High School.

"We heard the shots and we were just coming around to find out what was going on," said Dionna Williams. "We arrived, we found a young man laying in the street."

Hopwood was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1400 block of North Murtland after ShotSpotter alerted them.

Pittsburgh Public School's spokesperson Ebony Pugh said the school was on lockdown as police searched for suspects.

The lockdown was lifted before 3 p.m., but buses taking children home had to detour around the crime scene.

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Police said they have no suspects in the crime and need the public to come forward with information on what happened.

For parents like Williams, this hits close to home.

"I have a 23-year-old and a 27-year-old and I am scared to death every time they walk out the door, it could be them," she said.

Pittsburgh police confirm this is the first homicide in the city for 2018.

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