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Pittsburgh grandmother charged in toddler's beating death
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A Pittsburgh woman has been charged in the death of her 3-year-old granddaughter on the city's North Side, police said.Denise Johnson is charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, aggravated assault, corruption of minors and endangering the welfare of children.A 911 call by family members brought first responders to the apartment on East Ohio Street around 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Ayla Miller, 3, was pronounced dead a short time later.Pittsburgh police said the little girl had been living there with Johnson, her grandmother. A witness told police Miller had been in Johnson's custody for about a month...
1 man killed, 2 others injured in shooting, Pittsburgh police say
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- An active police investigation is underway in Pittsburgh.Just before 8 p.m. Saturday, Pittsburgh police and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Marion Street along the Crawford-Roberts and Bluff neighborhood border for a 10-round ShotSpotter alert.Three victims with gunshot wounds were found in the street. One man was transported to an area hospital in grave condition. He was pronounced deceased at the hospital, according to a report from Pittsburgh Public Safety.Another man and a woman were transported to a local hospital in critical condition with "significant injuries." Both victims were immediately taken into surgery, police added.One of the victims was identified as 68-year-old Lawrence Kelley Jr. of Pittsburgh. Witnesses told police that an altercation occurred on Fifth Avenue before a man shot the three victims. Witnesses said the suspect fled on foot, heading north on Vine Street toward Colwell Street.The investigation is ongoing.