CLAIRTON, Pa. — Police are investigating an early morning shooting in Clairton.
The Allegheny County Police Department tells Channel 11 that it responded to a “disturbance” near the intersection of State Street and Shaw Avenue around 4 a.m. Sunday. They arrived to find people fighting in the street and while on scene heard multiple shots fired into the crowd around 4:10 a.m.
A man was killed and two other men were hurt in the shooting, according to police.
The man who died was able to leave the area after being shot but crashed his vehicle on State Street, flipping the vehicle and shearing a utility pole near a Speedway on State Street.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified him as Derrick Davis, 28, of McKeesport.
“I think it’s a terrible situation,” said Lamont Lewis of Clairton. “I think we need to find a way to control this weekend.”
Lamont Lewis runs Clairtonian, a reunion of former classmates that’s been running every Labor Day Sunday for the last five decades.
“Clairtonian is bringing families home that left here and wanted to come back on Labor Day weekend to have a good time so they can meet their friends, people they haven’t seen in a while,” Lewis said.
He said his event had nothing to do with Saturday night’s large party.
“That is not Clairtonian weekend,” Lewis said. “We have nothing to do with that. We keep ours clean. You see we’re down here now, no aggravation, no trouble. People are having a good time.”
Over the past few years, Lewis said that event has been using the same name as his and eventually spills out into the streets.
“It all comes from the bars, and we have no control over that or what they do in their businesses,” he said.
Lewis said Sunday’s shooting was the first time the street party got violent.
“Our police are out; we have other police from different departments,” he said. “They did a fine job. They were out there doing what they needed to do, but they can’t control the whole town.”
The two injured men were taken to hospitals in the area and are expected to recover. One man was shot in the arm while the other was shot in the leg.
One person was detained on the scene.
The investigation into this shooting is ongoing and anyone with information should contact police through their tipline by calling 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
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