PITTSBURGH — Two people were shot in a drive-by shooting in Pittsburgh’s Bon Air neighborhood late Saturday night.
According to Pittsburgh police, the shooting happened at around 10:30 p.m. on Route 51.
Police said victims were in a car and drove themselves to Allegheny General Hospital after the shooting.
Police also said there were two juveniles in the backseat of the victim’s car. They were treated at the hospital for lacerations from the window glass.
“Oh wow. That’s crazy,” one driver said. “It’s just one of those things where you hope that it doesn’t keep happening.”
The shooting shut down part of the busy road, snarling traffic.
“Just a lot of flashing lights, you could see, and there was a bunch of traffic everywhere,” said 12-year-old Kira Zilch, who saw the traffic.
Zilch and her 8-year-old sister, Victoria, were in the car with their mother driving down Route 51 moments after the shooting.
“There were a bunch of cop cars just clustered around the scene and I saw a bunch of caution tape. There were little, I don’t know what they’re called, markers where the bullets were, labeled with numbers,” Kira Zilch said. “I was kind of freaked out because that’s a big deal, what happens. It’s kind of scary if you think about it.”
Police are looking for a white Ford Explorer with the Pennsylvania license plate LYL-6159 that they say shots were fired from.
If you see the car, you’re asked to call Pittsburgh police.
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