PITTSBURGH: Shooting mars downtown holiday celebration

Nov19

Pittsburgh Tribune Review| By Bobby Kerlik

A woman suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks on Saturday night near Market Square, which was filled with several hundred people as part of a Downtown holiday celebration, police said.

The woman suffered a small bullet wound, police said, but her condition was not otherwise available. She was not identified.

The shooting occurred about 9:20 p.m. on Graeme Street, which connects Market Square with Fifth Avenue, witnesses said. Saturday marked the second day of a celebration that traditionally kicks off the holiday season.

“We heard a loud shot, and someone ran in the gyro shop and said someone just got shot,” said Kyle Sims-Ruhe, 16, of Shaler, who said he was in My Big Fat Greek Gyro on Market Street.

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