The first weekend in August was the most violent weekend of the summer in and around Pittsburgh thus far, a TribLive analysis found.
There were six separate shootings: four in Pittsburgh, one in Scott and one in Monroeville.
“Isolated incidents of violence are tragic, but do not define a neighborhood or City. Like many areas across the country, we face challenges, but we are meeting them head-on,” Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said in a statement released Friday, after a shooting on Penn Avenue in the Downtown Cultural District rattled some who witnessed it…