Two teenagers charged in Brighton Heights funeral shooting

IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS, GIVE POLICE A CALL. >>> WE KNOW THE NAMES OF TWO TEENAGERS CHARGES SHOOTING OUTSIDE A FUNERAL THAT SENT SIX PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT THEY ARE 19-YEAR-OLD SHAWN DAVIS AND 16-YEAR-OLD HEZEKIAH NIXON. BOTH ARE FACING SEVERAL CHARGES IN RELATION TO THE SHOOTING. >> Reporter: WILL MOURNING THE LOSS OF JOHN HORNEZES JR. WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED THIS MONTH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS HEARD GUNSHOTS AND DROPPED TO THE FLOOR OF THE CHURCH. FIVE PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND FRIDAY SHOOTING AND A SIX PERSON WAS INJURED RUNNING AWAY. A FEW HOURS LATER PITTSBURGH POLICE ARRESTED 19-YEAR-OLD SHAWN DAVIS AND 16-YEAR-OLD HEZEKIAH NIXON. THEY FACE CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE, CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. >> WE WERE STANDING IN THE VESTIBULE AND WHEN YOU TURN AROUND YOU SEE THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH. YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE RUNNING WITH WEAPONS. SHOOTING AT OTHER YOUNG MEN. >> Reporter: THE CHURCH TRUSTEE IS THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE. >> FORTUNATELY FOR ME, A YOUNG WOMAN, WHO I DO NOT KNOW HER NAME, PUSHED ME OUT OF THE WAY AND I FELL ON THE GROUND. >> Reporter: COURT DOCUMENTS DETAIL HOW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS TWO MALES HOLDING GUNS WITH EXTENDED MAGAZINES. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS TO BE SEEN FIRING SHOTS TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH AND THE OTHER SUSPECT FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS AT VICTIMS ON THE SIDEWALK AND CHASED THE VICTIM. THE COMPLAINT SAYS A HORSE USED TO PULL A CARRIAGE, APPEARED TO BE HIT BY GUNFIRE. THE SHOOTING LASTED FROM LESS THAN A MINUTE. THE SHOOTERS WERE SEEN ON VIDEO RUNNING FROM THE SCENE. POLICE A TIME OF THE SUSPECT RAN TO A VEHICLE AND THEY IDENTIFY THE LICENSE PLATE ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. BEFORE 6:00 PM ON FRIDAY, THEY STOPPED THEM ON THE McKEES ROCKS BRIDGE. IN COURT DOCUMENTS IT SAYS NIXON RAN AND THROUGH A FIREARM INTO THE RIVER AND DAVIS DROPPED A GUN ON THE ROADWAY. MORE THAN EVER, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WONDERING WHAT WILL TAKE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE. >> I THINK THESE YOUNG BOYS DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYBODY'S LIFE . NOT EVEN THEIR OWN. >> I SAW THIS YOUNG MAN SHOOTING WITH SOMETHING THAT I SAW IN VIETNAM OR SOMETHING. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE, IN THE STREETS OF PITTSBURGH THAT A YOUNG PERSON COULD GET ACCESS TO A WEAPON

Channel: CBS Pittsburgh

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Keywords: KDKA-TV News Weekends, local tv, brighton heights, pittsburgh news, allegheny county, shooting

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Length: 2min 41sec (161 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 30 2022