Several homes riddled by bullets as thousands of shots fired in Garfield shootout

PITTSBURGH — Multiple bullet holes riddled several homes in Garfield Wednesday as thousands of shots were fired during a police shootout and standoff.

Some of the bullets police say were fired by William Hardison Sr. went straight into neighbors’ homes.

Hardison’s home is boarded up now, but earlier Thursday, 11 News got an exclusive view inside the front door and the windows of the home.

Inside, you can see bullet holes everywhere.

Leslie Thompson was working from home Thursday when her neighbor started firing high-powered weapons at police for more than six hours.

“I was in the basement. I just heard it that’s the glass shattering that I heard,” Thompson said.

As Thompson continued to hide, the bullets continued to fly through other homes along the street — shattering windows and breaking through front doors.

After one of several lulls in between the barrages of gunfire, the shots started up again.

“Fear, fear. Extreme fear. Definite extreme fear,” Thompson said, explaining that fear has not subsided. “Right now still a little nervous, every noise I hear, I find myself jumping. Just a little uneasy.”

Thompson said she spent most of the day cleaning up the debris left in her home and thanking God that she is alive.

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