PITTSBURGH —
FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE:
Shortly before 6:30 a.m. Friday, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office announced that the 17-year-old victim int he shooting, Joseph Powell, of Beechview, died at the hospital about an hour after Thursday night's shooting. Advertisement
EARLIER REPORT:
A 17-year-old boy was among two people shot in Pittsburgh's Middle Hill neighborhood on Thursday night.
According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, the incident began a little before 9 p.m. on the 2300 block of Wylie Avenue as officers were called to the scene for a ShotSpotter alert totaling 20 rounds.
Police found the teenager with gunshot wounds to the chest and leg and emergency responders administered first aid, including an in-the-field transfusion of emergency whole blood, before he was t