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A shooting incident took place Sunday near a
Speedway gas station
in the suburbs of Pittsburg killing one and injuring several others. Multiple people were shot near the Speedway located on State Street in Clairton, southeast of Pittsburgh, police said.
Just before 8 p.m. Saturday, Pittsburgh police and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Marion Street along the Crawford-Roberts and Bluff neighborhood border for a 10-round ShotSpotter alert, CBS News reported.
Three victims with gunshot wounds were found in the street. One man was transported to an area hospital in grave condition. He was pronounced deceased at the hospital, according to a report from Pittsburgh Public Safety.
Another man and a woman were transported to a local hospital in critical condition with "significant injuries." Both victims were immediately taken into surgery, police added.
One of the victims was identified as 68-year-old Lawrence Kelley Jr. of Pittsburgh.
The incident took place a day after a man attacked a group of Jewish students wielding a bottle. The attack unfolded on Friday night at the university’s Cathedral of Learning, with two students suffering injuries and being treated at the scene.
