One person was killed and three others injured, one critically, in a pair of unrelated shootings near the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus in which two suspects were arrested, authorities said.
Police in the borough of Indiana said two men were walking together shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday when a group of three men approached. During a confrontation that ensued one of the two men fired five rounds, hitting the man he was with in the forearm and a man from the other group in the leg and foot. Thomas Stanko, 21, of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangering.
Within an hour, a man and a woman were shot in the torso several blocks away by a man who believed the male victim had stolen from him earlier, police said. Carlos Recaldecampos, 21, was pronounced dead shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday at UPMC Presbyterian, the Allegheny County medical examiner's office said. The 20-year-old woman, described as a bystander, was listed in critical condition at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center.
Matthew McNevin, 20, of Indiana, was charged with criminal homicide, attempted homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangering and other counts involving the gun, which authorities said was stolen. He and Stanko were both scheduled for April 10 preliminary hearings; court documents don't list attorneys who could respond to the charges and listed phone numbers for the defendants couldn't be found Saturday.
The shootings occurred during "IUPatty's Day,'' an unsanctioned-- and often raucous-- student celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
"We have a large influx of people into our community this weekend and now we've seen what happens with guns,'' District Attorney Patrick Dougherty said. "At some point we as a community need to say enough is enough and we aren't going to tolerate gun violence in our communities. The loss of young people's lives must stop.''
