Police are investigating a shooting in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood that left one person dead and sent another to the hospital, officials said.
Pittsburgh police officers responded to a Shotspotter alert on Nash Street around 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews.
Officers on scene were notified of a shooting victim in the 200 block of E. Ohio Street, where they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the man as 22-year-old Rasaun Malik Taylor, of Pittsburgh. Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers learned of a second victim located in the 300 block of Cedar Avenue. The man had a gunshot wound to the foot and was transported to the hospital in stable condition.
The Mobile Crime Unit processed the scene at both locations.
The investigation is ongoing.
