Relative of Kennywood gunshot victim shares details of event
Brandon Ward's mother-in-law recalls getting a text message where "all I got out was, 'Brandon got shot, Kennywood.'"
Brandon Ward's mother-in-law recalls getting a text message where "all I got out was, 'Brandon got shot, Kennywood.'"
Brandon Ward's mother-in-law recalls getting a text message where "all I got out was, 'Brandon got shot, Kennywood.'"
The relative of a man who was hit by gunfire Saturday at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin shared their story Tuesday.
Brandon Ward is one of the people who was hit by gunfire Saturday at Kennywood Park, and his mother-in-law Jill Simonetta said a fight between two groups of teenagers broke out next to Ward, his wife Lorrie Metrovich, who is Simonetta's daughter, and the couple's 10-year old daughter.
Simonetta said she received a call from her daughter that Brandon Ward was shot after the fight broke out.
"They said everything happened so fast, total chaos," Simonetta said. "They hear 'pop, pop,' and that's when the kid fell on Lorrie, and Brandon fell beside her. As he was trying to get her, that's when he got shot."
Simonetta said she received the call just before midnight.
"A frantic call from my daughter, all I got out was, 'Brandon got shot, Kennywood,'" Simonetta said.
Allegheny County police said they're still looking for the suspect responsible for the shooting. A weapon was recovered after the incident.