Sentenced: 1YO Boy Shot & Killed Near PPG Place In Downtown Pittsburgh

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A 1-year-old boy was shot and killed Sunday afternoon in Downtown Pittsburgh, police said.

Just before 2:45 p.m., police received calls reporting that a child had been shot at the intersection not far from PPG Place and Market Square.

County dispatch confirmed that they had received five to six calls reporting the incident.

Pittsburgh police, EMS, Port Authority police and Allegheny County sheriffs responded to the scene, where they found a child with a gunshot wound inside a car. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Pittsburgh police Cmdr. Cristyn Zett said the shooting was a drive-by, but police don’t know what connection, if any, exists between the victim and the suspect.

Cmdr. Zett said police have received several tips but are not releasing a description of a suspect or of the evidence found. Photos from the scene showed several shell casings.

1-year-old shot and killed near PPG Place in Downtown Pittsburgh

A child was shot and injured Sunday afternoon in a bustling part of Downtown Pittsburgh, authorities said.

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De’Avry Thomas

 

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Pittsburgh police arrested a man on Monday in connection with a drive-by shooting that left an 18-month-old child dead over Memorial Day weekend.

Londell Falconer, 26, is facing charges of homicide and criminal conspiracy in connection with the little boy's death.

Pittsburgh police arrest man in connection with drive-by shooting death of 18-month-old child

Londell Falconer, 26, was arrested Monday in connection with a drive-by shooting that left and 18-month-old child dead over Memorial Day weekend, Pittsburgh police said.

www.foxnews.com

 

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Pittsburgh police say they are also looking for Markez Anger, 23, who is being charged with criminal homicide, criminal conspiracy and firearms offense.

One person arrested after 1-year-old dies in Pittsburgh drive-by shooting; Another wanted in connection

Police in Pittsburgh have arrested a man that allegedly killed a 1-year-old in a drive-by shooting. Londell Falconer, 26, has been charged with homicide and criminal conspiracy. Officers were calle…

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LONDELL FALCONER and MARKEZ ANGER

A judge sentenced two men to life in prison without the possibility of parole for shooting and killing an 18-month-old boy in a botched drive-by shooting.

Authorities said the defendants, Markez Anger, 24, and Londell Falconer Jr., 27, did not target the victim, De’Avry Thomas, 18 months old, and yet the toddler is dead all the same.

“After hearing the verdict and what’s going to happen to them, I got a piece of relief, but it’s never going to be all the way,” the child’s mother, Deashea Green, said after the trial, according to a July 7 report from Pittsburgh ABC affiliate WTAE. “I’m not going to ever heal, ever.”

“De’Avry was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in downtown Pittsburgh on May 29, 2022,” Allegheny County prosecutors said. “According to the criminal complaint, Anger and Falconer were driving a Jeep Compass downtown when one of the men opened fire on a parked Jeep at the intersection of Fourth Ave. and Stanwix St. De’Avry was shot multiple times while strapped into a car seat in the back of the Jeep. He was not the intended target.”

Neither was his mother.

Anger and Falconer still say they’re innocent. At the hearing, they criticized their attorneys and voiced plans to seek retrial. Anger said he was sorry to the relatives for what they have been going through. Falconer said he knew De’Avery for the child’s entire life and knew from the time De’Avery was born “how amazing he was going to be.”

Both men were also convicted of aggravated assault, attempted homicide, and conspiracy to commit homicide. Anger, who was convicted of firearms charges as well, received a prison sentence of 22-and-a-half to 45 years on top of his life term. Falconer received 15 to 30 years with his life sentence.

Men sentenced for 'brazen, reckless and intentional' murder of 18-month-old boy in drive-by

A judge sentenced two men to life in prison without the possibility of parole for shooting and killing an 18-month-old boy in a botched drive-by shooting.

lawandcrime.com

 

[DamagedGoods]

Drive-by shootings are craven, despicable acts...

 

[the cat did it]

Drive-by shootings are craven, despicable acts...

You got that right. It is also COWARDLY. To much of a coward to face the actual person you are pissed at so lets be pussies and just start hiding in a big metal car and drive by shooting an area and HOPE to get the intended target-who cares about collateral damage. Pussies I say.

 

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Drive-by shootings are craven, despicable acts...

And there are so many of them these days.