Investigation into deadly Uniontown shooting continues

BROADCAST. FOR NOW, ANDY SHEEHAN KDKA TV NEWS. >>> CONTINUING COVERAGE AT THE FAYETTE COUNTY, ONE WOMAN KILLED IN A SHOOTING IN UNIONTOWN OVERNIGHT AND TWO MORE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE INCIDENT TURNED THE AREA AROUND, A RESTAURANT AND BAR, INTO A CRIME SCENE. POLICE TELL MEGAN SHINN THAT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE. HOUR UNIONTOWN POLICE SAY ANDREW HOWARD ALLEGEDLY SHOT SHAQUISA SIMS OUTSIDE OF THE SOMETHING DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AND THE CORONER RULED HER DEATH A HOMICIDE. HE NEVER WANTS TO TELL A FAMILY THAT LOVED ONE WAS KILLED . >> IT IS ALWAYS UNFORTUNATE. >> Reporter: THIS REALITY FOR SHAQUISA SIMS'S FAMILY AFTER WITNESSES SAW ANDREW HOWARD ALLEGEDLY SHOOT HER IN THE STOMACH . >> THERE ARE COUNTS THAT HOWARD BRANDISHED A FIREARM. >> Reporter: IS STARTED WITH AN ARGUMENT INSIDE THE RESTAURANT BETWEEN SIMS, HOWARD AND HIS GIRLFRIEND JASMINE JOHNSON. >> ENOUGH THAT THEY WERE ASKED TO LEAVE THE RESTAURANT. >> Reporter: ONCE OUTSIDE SIMS WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT IN THE STOMACH, JOHNSON SHOT IN THE HAND AND SOMEHOW HOWARD WAS SHOT IN THE UPPER ARM. >> WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED , IF IT WAS ACCIDENTAL AND HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF OR ANOTHER SHOOTER. >> Reporter: WITNESSES CLAIMED THEY SAW HOWARD RUN AWAY FROM THE SAME. POLICE LEARNED OF THE 21-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS AT THE HOSPITAL. JOHNSON WAS THERE AS WELL AND SIMS LATER DIED. SHE WAS ONLY 32 YEARS OLD . THE INVESTIGATION MOVES FORWARD , WITNESSES ARE SHARING STORIES ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW ON MOTHER'S DAY NIGHT. >> I ALWAYS SAY THAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF UNIONTOWN, THEY ALWAYS ARE. THEY COME FORWARD. >> Reporter: THEY ARE STOPPING VIOLENCE TO ANOTHER LIFE IS NOT TAKEN. UNIONTOWN POLICE SAY HOWARD WAS ARRESTED BEFORE

Channel: CBS Pittsburgh

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Keywords: KDKA-TV News Mid-day, KDKA News, Local News, Pittsburgh News, Uniontown, Deadly Shooting, Megan Shinn

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Length: 1min 57sec (117 seconds)

Published: Mon May 13 2024