PITTSBURGH, PA – Police in Pittsburgh have arrested a suspect in a triple shooting that took place in the city in May.
Shawn Johnson, Jr., 23, was arrested on a firearms violation warrant for a shooting that occurred on May 22, 2022 on the South Side of Pittsburgh. Three individuals, including Johnson Jr., were shot during this incident.
Johnson Jr. is being charged with Person Not To Possess a Firearm and Carrying a Firearm Without a License.
On that date, Pittsburgh Police responded to multiple Shotspotter alerts for the 1700 block of E Carson Street around 2:55 a.m.
“Officers were directed to three gunshot victims. Located at the intersection of 18th and Carson streets, police attended to a male with a gunshot wound to the leg,” police said. “A female victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the lower body. The third victim was located near a parking lot on 18th Street. That male victim was shot in the arm.”
All were transported to local hospitals in stable conditions.