Opinion | SGB picks empty talk over data-driven solutions
By Jeremy Wang, Assistant Opinions Editor
January 7, 2019
The University of Pittsburgh Student Government Board released a letter calling for stricter gun control. But an apparent failure to properly research the subject led to a list of proposals that leading experts are reluctant to place any confidence in.
Michael Rosfeld charged with homicide in Antwon Rose killing
By Christian Snyder | Editor-in-chief
June 27, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, City, News
Michael Rosfeld, the 30-year-old East Pittsburgh police officer from Penn Hills who fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose on June 19, has been charged with one count of criminal homicide, according to court documents filed Wednesday morning. Rosfeld turned himself at City Court on Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. and was granted an unsecured $250,000 b...
Editorial: Patience required in Antwon Rose case
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 26, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Antwon Rose, a 17-year-old black Woodland Hills student, was shot by a white East Pittsburgh police officer, Michael Rosfeld, on the evening of June 26. Since then, coverage of ensuing protests has been extensive — as has speculation surrounding the two parties involved. What is known to be true is...
Unarmed 17-year-old fatally shot by East Pittsburgh police
By The Pitt News Staff
June 21, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, City, News
A police officer from the East Pittsburgh Police Department shot and killed Antwon Rose, a 17-year-old Woodland Hills High School student, the night of Tuesday, June 19. Rose was unarmed at the time he was shot. East Pittsburgh is located near the Monongahela River to the southeast of Pitt...
Man found dead on Ward Street
By TPN Staff
March 26, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, Crime, News
A man was found dead Monday afternoon on Ward Street in South Oakland, according to city police. The body appears to have been driven to the location after the victim was shot in McKeesport, Pitt police said in a tweet. Pittsburgh police spokesperson Alicia George said police answered to a report...
Editorial: After shooting, student walkouts lead the way
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 21, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Florida’s state legislature disappointed gun control advocates Monday when it declined to consider a ban on the assault weapon used in last week’s high school massacre in Parkland, Florida. But for students, both in the state and around the country, that wasn’t the end of the story. From Minnes...
Swaying in solidarity: Point Park students dance for Las Vegas in wake of shooting
By Sarah Morris / Staff Writer
October 9, 2017
Filed under Culture, Top Stories
As the clock in Market Square reached 12:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, about 115 young adults dressed in jeans and white T-shirts began flowing in around the perimeter of the square, moving their arms and hands in a series of intricate and repeated gestures. “It’s a flash mob,” a man on a corner ...
Georgia Tech student called 911 before shooting, authorities say
By Christian Boone | Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)
September 18, 2017
Filed under National News
Georgia Tech student Scout Schultz called 911 before being shot by campus police, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Monday. Schultz called 911 alerting them "of a suspicious person on campus." In the call, Schultz describes the person as a "white male, with long blonde hair, white T-shirt and...