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ATribeCalledGreg t1_iwhxipb wrote

The shootings are bad enough, but this trend of people totally uninvolved in the matter being the ones taking bullets is horrifying and needs to end ASAP.

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PGH-RealEstate t1_iwir2y9 wrote

The people involved in these shootings often don't actually know how to shoot, which is bad for any person or property around them.

I know of an office (not downtown) that has temporarily gone fully remote because of gun violence. The tenants aren't worried about being assaulted, but rather getting caught in the crossfire, or having a bullet come through their windows. It's messed up.

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Excelius t1_iwiix81 wrote

I wasn't sure what you were talking about specifically, but I guess this article confirms a bystander was hit:

Trib - Bystander struck by bullet in Downtown Pittsburgh, police say > A woman was grazed by a bullet in Downtown Pittsburgh Tuesday afternoon during a dispute between two men, police said. > >Police responded to the intersection of Smithfield Street and Fourth Avenue around 12:10 p.m. Officers found a woman with a gunshot wound to her lower leg. > >“The shooting occurred during a dispute between two individuals on Smithfield Street,” police said in a news release. “The shooting victim was not involved in the dispute, and was walking past.”

So many of these incidents seem to be stupid arguments between people and then they start shooting wildly.

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