Representatives for the district attorney met Thursday with a lawyer for a popular late-night restaurant nearby campus to discuss safety concerns a recent shooting near the restaurant raised.

During the meeting, members of the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office spoke with Lou Caputo, who is serving as the defense counsel for the Original Hot Dog Shop, about concerns their office has expressed since a fatal shooting less than a week before.

At 3:27 a.m. Saturday, Isiah Smith, 22, of Lincoln-Lemington, allegedly shot Zachary Sheridan, 24, of Brookline, after the two men’s respective groups of friends were involved in an argument that escalated into a brief fistfight on the section of Forbes Avenue near the restaurant. When Sheridan tried to run, Smith fired, fatally wounding him. Smith turned himself in and confessed Saturday, was released Sunday, and was formally charged with homicide Monday.

Mike Manko, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office, wrote in an email that Caputo and the district attorney’s office who were present discussed the restaurant making changes in its business practices in order to “create a more secure environment.”

Manko declined to identify which members of the office were present.

Caputo told the district attorney’s office that the restaurant, which is known locally as “the O,” was willing to change some of its operation, according to Manko’s email. Manko declined to elaborate, saying that no changes are final. Another such meeting is scheduled to take place in two weeks.

“The owner and his counsel have been very cooperative with our office since the shooting and we are confident that the restaurant is being operated in a responsible fashion,” Manko wrote.

Caputo, also in an email, declined to discuss details of the meeting.

He did say that the Original Hot Dog Shop has been a positive part of the community and wants to remain one.

“[W]e are working with the local authorities to ensure that a tragedy like this does not occur again in the future,” Caputo wrote.