THE CITY TAKE STRONGER ACTION. I’VE LIVED ON THIS STREET FOR 20 YEARS. I’VE LIVED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1982. ROBERT MILES LIVES ON CEDAR AVENUE JUST UP THE STREET FROM THE SITE OF THE OCTOBER THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE DEAD. TWO OF THEM INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. HE’S NOT THE ONLY FRUSTRATED NORTH SIDER. I GET TIRED OF LOOKING AROUND EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW, LEFT, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE AIN’T NOBODY AROUND ME. OTHER SHOOTINGS HAPPENED AT A FUNERAL IN BRIGHTON HEIGHTS AT AN AIRBNB. JUST LAST NIGHT, A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON RYAN PLACE. COMMUNITY LEADERS AND CITY OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. THE NORTHSIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT IS DISTRIBUTING THOUSANDS OF SIGNS AND T-SHIRTS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CALL THE POLICE. IT’S ABOUT GETTING THE PEOPLE TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE WHEN THEY TALK TO ONE ANOTHER, THE DEALS CHEER INFORMATION. MAN BECAUSE I’M TELLING YOU, THE POLICE CAN’T DO THIS. IF WE DON’T DO IT, OUR COMMUNITY, IT’S NOT GOING TO GET DONE. THE CITY IS HOPING TO FREE UP MORE POLICE OFFICERS BY USING SOCIAL WORKERS AS FIRST RESPONDERS. WHEN APPROPRIATE, THERE IS A CERTAIN THAT COULD BE ROUTED TO THESE OTHER FORMS OF RESPONSE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, BECAUSE THAT WILL FREE UP OUR OFFICERS TO TO GET TO THE MOST, YOU KNOW, HIGHEST, MOST VIOLENT INCIDENTS THAT COULD OCCUR. LAST MONTH, THE CITY ANNOUNCED $1,000,000 AND STOP THE VIOLENCE GRANTS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, INCLUDING THE NORTHSIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJEC
North Side residents fed up after series of shootings
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Updated: 6:52 PM EST Dec 6, 2022
Residents of Pittsburgh’s North Side said they are fed up following a series of fatal shootings.In the latest case, a man was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds early Tuesday morning in the city’s Spring Hill neighborhood.In October, a shooting on Cedar Avenue left three people dead, two of them innocent bystanders.“I've lived on this street for 20 years. I've lived in this neighborhood since 1982. I've never seen it so bad,” said Cedar Avenue resident Robert Miles.He is not the only frustrated North Sider.“I get tired of looking around everywhere, left, right, making sure no one’s around me,” said Cynthia Rhinehart.There was a shooting in late October at a funeral in Brighton Heights.In April, two young men were killed at a North Side Airbnb.Community leaders and city officials said they are looking for answers.The North Side Partnership Project is distributing thousands of signs and T-shirts encouraging residents to call the police.“It’s about getting the people talking to one another because when they talk to one another they'll share information. The police can’t do this. If we don't do it in our communities, it's not going to get done,” said English Burton, of the Partnership Project. Last month the city announced $1 million in Stop the Violence grants to community groups, including the North Side Partnership Project.The city is hoping to find more police officers by using social workers as first responders, when appropriate.“That will free up our officers to get to the highest, most violent incidents that could occur,” said City Council member Bobby Wilson, who represents the North Side.
PITTSBURGH — Residents of Pittsburgh’s North Side said they are fed up following a series of fatal shootings.
In the latest case, a man was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds early Tuesday morning in the city’s Spring Hill neighborhood.
In October, a shooting on Cedar Avenue left three people dead, two of them innocent bystanders.
“I've lived on this street for 20 years. I've lived in this neighborhood since 1982. I've never seen it so bad,” said Cedar Avenue resident Robert Miles.
He is not the only frustrated North Sider.
“I get tired of looking around everywhere, left, right, making sure no one’s around me,” said Cynthia Rhinehart.
There was a shooting in late October at a funeral in Brighton Heights.
In April, two young men were killed at a North Side Airbnb.
Community leaders and city officials said they are looking for answers.
The North Side Partnership Project is distributing thousands of signs and T-shirts encouraging residents to call the police.
“It’s about getting the people talking to one another because when they talk to one another they'll share information. The police can’t do this. If we don't do it in our communities, it's not going to get done,” said English Burton, of the Partnership Project.
Last month the city announced $1 million in Stop the Violence grants to community groups, including the North Side Partnership Project.
The city is hoping to find more police officers by using social workers as first responders, when appropriate.
“That will free up our officers to get to the highest, most violent incidents that could occur,” said City Council member Bobby Wilson, who represents the North Side.
