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The two victims were both under 18 while eight more sustained
gunshot wounds, police said, revising an earlier tally. An
additional five were injured as they jumped out of windows or
otherwise tried to flee gunfire that erupted at the short-term
rental property where hundreds of people, mostly juveniles, had
gathered at a large party.
"This shouldn't have happened. We're sick about it and we're
going do everything we can to get those responsible for it,"
Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert said at a news conference
on Sunday.
Schubert said evidence suggested there were multiple shooters
and that investigators believed an altercation might have led to
the violence but offered no further details. Authorities did not
immediately provide the names of the two victims.
Over 90 rounds were fired at the "very chaotic" scene that
investigators were combing for clues and where they recovered
multiple weapons as well as different casings, Schubert said.
Gunshots were fired both inside and outside the residence and
police pleaded with witnesses and people who attended the party
to come forward and share videos or any other evidence they
might be able to provide.
The shooting in Pittsburgh took place just hours after a
shooting at a South Carolina mall left several people injured
and days after a gunman opened fire in a New York City subway
car, injuring dozens.
(Reporting by Maria Caspani in New York and Anirudh Saligrama in
Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra and Lisa Shumaker)
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