Rich Pierce

6 days ago | wpxi.com | Rich Pierce

It’s been three years since a mass shooting at a North Side Airbnb left two teenagers dead. Eleven people in total were shot. Others were injured in the chaos on Easter morning. “By God’s Grace, Rich, I’ve been able to maintain,” Bonnie McLain told Channel 11. She’s the great aunt of victim Matthew Steffy-Ross. “He had this light that just shined from him and so, yes, it’s been hard,” she said. Matthew was one of about 200 people at the party when hundreds of shots were fired. He was just 17 years old.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Rich Pierce

It’s been three years since a mass shooting at a North Side Airbnb left two teenagers dead. Eleven people in total were shot. Others were injured in the chaos on Easter morning. “By God’s Grace, Rich, I’ve been able to maintain,” Bonnie McLain told Channel 11. She’s the great aunt of victim Matthew Steffy-Ross. “He had this light that just shined from him and so, yes, it’s been hard,” she said. Matthew was one of about 200 people at the party when hundreds of shots were fired. He was just 17 years old.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Rich Pierce

A family is cleaning up after more than a dozen shots were fired at their home in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood, Monday. We first brought you this story as breaking news on 11 at 11. Now, we’re hearing from one person who was inside the house when it happened. “It just happens so fast. It’s like you don’t have time to prepare or think,” Mariah Frost said. She was home with her husband and one-year-old son at the time. They were having a snack downstairs.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Rich Pierce

A local elementary school teacher is facing criminal charges after State Police say she hit a student during school hours. Knoch Primary School special ed teacher Carly Miller is facing assault and harassment charges. According to State Police, she hit an 8-year-old in the face during school hours back in November. “There’s been an investigation internally by the school and externally by law enforcement,” district solicitor Thomas Breth said.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Rich Pierce

On Wednesday afternoon, hail fell fast and furious in Ben Avon. Just about every car on Flaccus Road was damaged when severe storms moved through, dropping up to ping-pong-ball-sized hail. PHOTOS: Up to ping-pong-ball-sized hail falls during severe storms in Western Pennsylvania“It looked like snow,” Bill Garrison said. “Golf ball-sized hail, and I never saw anything like it.”His SUV suffered dozens of dents. It’s a vehicle he just bought a few weeks ago and planned on driving to Florida.