Victims in North Side funeral shooting don't want to talk

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HEADQUARTERS. CHRIS HOFFMAN, KDKA NEWS. >> ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, THANK YOU. >>> IT WAS AT THE FUNERAL THAT HE SAYS GUNFIRE ERUPTED AGAIN IN BRIGHTON HEIGHTS. KDKA OBSTAINED THE SURVEILLANCE OFFICE THAT SHOWS THE CHAOS OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH. SIX PEOPLE WERE WOUND INSIDE THAT CRIME. WE SPENT THE DAY TALKING TO SOME OF THE VICTIMS. SHE IS LIVE NOW WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THAT. JEN? >> Reporter: I TALKED TO THREE OF THE VICTIMS AND A FAMILY MEMBER OF ANOTHER VICTIM. THEY ARE ALL RECOVERING PHYSICALLY. THE STORY IS THE SAME IN ALL OF THE CASES. THEY TELL ME JEN, I AM TOO AFRAID TO TALK ON CAMERA. I FEAR RETALIATION, ONE PERSON TOLD ME I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING AND I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING. >> Reporter: IN THIS VIDEO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS AFTER GUNFIRE ERUPTED DURING THE FUNERAL FOR JOHN HERMAN DEZ THAT WAS KILLED IN A GUN BATTLE ON THE NORTHSIDE. TWO SUSPECTS DRESSED IN BLACK WEARING MASKS. STARTED SHOOTING AT THE LAWN ON THE NORTHSIDE OF THE CHURCH AT BENTON AVENUE TOWARDS PEOPLE AT THE FRONT DOORS AND AT THE CHURCH. ONE SUSPECT RAN TOWARDS THE CHURCH ENTRANCE AND CONTINUED SHOOTING TOWARDS THE VICTIMS. THEN, PEOPLE START RUNNING. A BULLET FRAGMENT HIT ONE OF THE HORSES THAT BROUGHT THE CASKET. A WOMAN SHOT STRUGGLED TO MAKE HER WAY INTO THE CHURCH. A BULLET HIT HER IN THE LEG, FOOT AND LANDS. THE FAMILY IS TOO AFRAID TO TALK FEARING RETALIATION. SAYING SHE DID NOT SEE ANYTHING OR HEAR ANYTHING. ANOTHER VICTIM, A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT IN THE FOOT TELLS ME HE RAN AND KEPT RUNNING UNTIL HE WAS SAFE. RIGHT NOW HE IS AT HOME RECOVERING. HE TELLS ME IT IS HARD LIVING IN THE STREET AND SURVIVING. A 20-YEAR-OLD ALSO AFRAID THANKED ME FOR CHECKING IN. TELLING ME THERE IS A LOT OF FEAR. >> NOBODY LIKES TO LIVE IN FEAR. THAT IS THE COMMUNITY WE ARE IN. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, IT IS JUST LIFE. IT IS JUST LIFE. >> Reporter: JASON WESTMORELAND WORKS AT FISH AND CHICKEN ACROSS FROM THE CHURCH AND HEARD DOZENS OF SHOTS. >> OUTRAGEOUS. IT WAS SAD. I FELT BAD FOR THE FAMILY. IT IS JUST HEARTBREAKING. >> HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING THE POLICE ARRESTED AND CHARGED DAVIS AND NIXON. THROUGH CAMERAS THEY WERE FOUND. THEY ARE BOTH KNOWN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE PWRAOEUOR CRIMINAL RECORDS. THE POLICE BELIEVE THEY TARGETED THE FUNERAL OVER AN ONGOING TURF BATTLE CONNECTED TO THE EARLIER SHOOTING ON CEDAR AVENUE THAT KILLED HERMAN DEZ. >> YOU LIVE WHAT YOU LIVE, YOU LEARN WHAT YOU LEARN. SOMETIMES AIN'T NO GOING BACK. >> Reporter: STILL, JASON WESTMORELAND SAYS SOMETHING NODES TO CHANGE. >> PEOPLE, AS INDIVIDUALS GOT TO MAKE BETTER CHOICES. IF WE DON'T CHOOSE TO DO THAT AIN'T NOTHING GOING TO HAPPEN. THINK BEFORE YOU REACT. USE YOUR HEAD. YOU GOT A BRAIN. >> Reporter: TWO PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY HEARD 50 GUNSHOTS AFTER THAT MASS SHOOTING. I CAUGHT UP WITH REVEREND GREG WITH DESTINY OF FAITH CHURCH. SHE TELLS ME SHE IS NOT READY TO TALK ON CAMERA. THE COMMUNITY IS HURTING AND HEALING.
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Channel: CBS Pittsburgh
Views: 27,667
Rating: undefined out of 5
Keywords: KDKA-TV News Evening, Local TV, Pittsburgh
Id: 0n_14z2-o7I
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Length: 3min 27sec (207 seconds)
Published: Wed Nov 02 2022
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