Teens Among the Dead in Pittsburgh Underage Airbnb Party Attack
Two teenagers who died when multiple people shot into a crowded Airbnb underage party early Sunday morning have been identified. Police say Mathew Steffy-Ross and Jaiden Brown—both just 17 years old—died from gunshot wounds they sustained at a party with around 200 people crammed inside the second-floor rental property in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood.
Several other people were injured when the gunfire erupted, either from bullets or during the chaotic scene that followed. Several people at the party described how people jumped out second-floor windows and pushed through doors to escape the shots.
Local media outlets on Sunday morning showed gunshot holes in the walls and several broken windows. “The initial investigation reveals a large party was being held at the short-term rental property, with as many as 200 people in attendance, many of them underage,” police said in a statement Sunday. “As many as 50 rounds were fired inside, prompting some party-goers to jump out the windows, sustaining injuries such as broken bones and lacerations. Several more shots were fired outside the home.”