Allegheny County

Woman arrested for pointing gun at mother in downtown Pittsburgh

Kerneisha McCelland Kerneisha McClelland (Allegheny County Sheriff's Office)
(Allegheny County Sheriff's Office)

PITTSBURGH — A 34-year-old woman was arrested outside Family Court in downtown Pittsburgh after Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies say she pointed a gun at her mother.

According to deputies, Kerneisha McClelland and her mother were at a court proceeding. When the women left the court facility and McClelland left to get her vehicle, deputies say when she returned, she confronted her mother and began arguing.

With a child strapped into a car seat in the back of the vehicle, deputies said McClelland pulled out a Bersa .380 handgun and pointed it at her mother.

McClelland’s mother went back into the building and alerted deputies of what was happening. McClelland is expected to be charged with terroristic threats, simple assault and other charges.

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