Three injured in shooting outside Pittsburgh's Cupples Stadium after high school game

Mixed · 2Shots were fired near George K. Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh's South Side on the night of 1 October, after Westinghouse beat University Prep in a high school football game. 1 2 Right · 1The New York Post, as quoted by Breitbart, reported that Westinghouse Academy players were sent scrambling in the middle of a post-game interview after their 35-0 win. 2 Centre · 1Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports reporter Brad Everett wrote that gunshots were heard and that everyone was told to take cover. 1

Right · 1WTAE, as quoted by Breitbart, reported that three people believed to be teenagers were injured, taken to hospital and are in stable condition. 2 Centre · 1Early reports relayed by Hindustan Times, from a Homestead borough councilman and scanner traffic, described three victims at or near S. 9th and Carson, S. 7th and Cabot and S. 9th and Cabot, and a male shooter who fled on foot and was chased by police; these were unofficial and the outlet said police had not yet commented. 1 Right · 1Pittsburgh Police Chief Jason Lando said officers from the city and Port Authority were inside and outside the stadium as a precaution, that a large crowd gathered on Carson Street after the game and a couple of fights broke out, and that an individual then pulled out a firearm and fired multiple rounds. 2

Right · 1Pittsburgh Public Schools said student safety is its highest priority, thanked responding officers and said it would make support available to affected students and staff. 2 Centre · 1The early Hindustan Times report said the cause, the suspect's identity and the victims' conditions had not been shared by authorities; the later Breitbart piece does not say whether a suspect has been arrested. 1