Pittsburgh cops didn’t attend funeral where shooting hurt 6-year-old girl
As you’ve probably already heard, a 6-year-old little girl was hurt in a shooting that occurred at her school in Pittsburgh Monday. The worst part? Not one cop showed up.
As you’ve probably already heard, a 6-year-old little girl was hurt in a shooting that occurred at her school in Pittsburgh Monday. The worst part? Not one cop showed up. Photo: WTAE Photo: WTAE Image 1 of / 18 Caption Close Pittsburgh cops didn’t attend funeral where shooting hurt 6-year-old girl 1 / 18 Back to Gallery
The shooting happened at a school in the PPG area of Pittsburgh Monday afternoon, and now the people of the city have an even bigger trauma on their hands: Six-year-old Madison Lewis was shot and killed by two of her classmates as she walked to school with her mother.
It’s a horrific situation, and the whole town has a lot of questions. What exactly went wrong? Who did this? And where is Pittsburgh getting its police officers?
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That’s a difficult question to answer, but one that’s worth discussing.
As the story that unfolded on Monday unfolded, many were asking, “Where was Pittsburgh’s police chief when this all went down?”
The police chief was Pittsburgh police chief William Dougherty, and I reached out to him right away to get his take on all this.
“What can we really say at this point?” he said in an email. “Our officers are looking into the scene, as are the FBI and the prosecutor’s office, and all the proper professionals are looking into the scene, along with the families of the two young people.
“We have the full cooperation of our local and state law enforcement partners to work on an investigation into what happened,” Dougherty continued. “In the meantime, our community, our students
