Brookline residents packed into a meeting with city public-safety brass and Pittsburgh police yesterday, demanding to know what is actually going to change after a late February shooting rattled the neighborhood. Nearly 30 rounds were fired outside a popular spot on Brookline Boulevard, neighbors said, and many arrived expecting clear answers and concrete steps to keep it from happening again.
Police told residents the shooting unfolded as a man in a wheelchair and a woman were getting into a car, when someone stepped out of an alley and unleashed 28 rounds, striking a nearby vehicle. Neighbors came armed with video from home security cameras and pushed officials to pull the bar’s license or at least clamp down on its operations. Zone Six Commander Ray Rippole said…..