WILKINSBURG, Pa. (AP) – Police were seeking to identify suspects in a deadly ambush attack by two men who methodically shot and killed five people, including a pregnant woman, at a backyard cookout.
The gunmen appeared to have targeted one or two of the victims in the Wednesday night attack, and drugs haven’t been ruled out as a motive, said District Attorney Stephen Zappala.
“The murders were planned. They were calculated, brutal,” Zappala said of the shootings.
Police have no suspects and a county executive urged witnesses to come forward.
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said providing any information “can be our first step to stopping the violence in our communities.”