Student Shot, Killed Outside Of Pittsburgh School

PITTSBURGH, PA — One student is dead and another is in custody after a shooting Wednesday outside of Oliver Citywide Academy in Marshall-Shadeland.

The shooting occurred around 7:25 a.m., police said. The victim was found outside the school and rushed to the hospital in critical condition but died a short time later.

Police at the scene said they initially responded to two ShotSpotter alerts at the scene, one for nine rounds and other for two rounds. While aid was being rendered to the victim, an officer saw the suspect running from the scene with a gun and apprehended him.

The victim and suspect's names and ages have not been released, but police said both are juveniles.

Police said with a suspect in custody, there is no threat to any of the other Pittsburgh Public Schools.

Classes at Oliver were canceled for the day.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey issued a statement Wednesday saying that "no child should ever have to fear going to school and no parent should every worry about their child never coming home.

"We have cultivated a culture of violence and death, celebrated guns and glorified shooting. We have failed as a country to stop the proliferation of guns, and it is far too easy for a young person to get those guns and retaliate in the way our culture has glorified it."

Gainey called on Pittsburgh to do better, saying, "We have to cultivate a new culture, create a new path forward for our kids."

Pittsburgh Public Schools released a statement that said in part, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the student's family. Our schools are designed to be a safe place for teaching and learning. Today, that was not the case for a student who was on his way to school to get an education.

This is the second fatal shooting at Oliver in little more than a year. >

In January 2022, Marquis Campbell, 15, was shot inside a school van outside of the school. Eugene Watson, 18, and Brandon Watson, 17, are facing homicide and other charges in connection with Campbell's death.