Back-to-back shootings on and near Pittsburgh’s busy East Carson Street last weekend have prompted at least one business to close its doors permanently and left other owners struggling to understand why authorities cannot seem to keep control of the entertainment district.
“One hundred percent of South Side residents and businesses want this to stop today,” said Rich Cupka, who owns two bars in the South Side Flats neighborhood. “The laws are in place — enforce the laws.”
Two people were critically injured just after closing time June 5 when multiple people exchanged gunfire. The shooting, near the corner of East Carson and South 15th streets, sent people still gathered in the streets running, police said.
When the shooting stopped, police found three guns and multiple shell casings. About 4 a.m. the next day, a man ducked into Cambod-Ican Kitchen at the corner of Carson and South 17th after he was shot in the leg.
Police have not announced arrests in either incident.
Pittsburgh Public Safety officials did not return requests for comment, noting only that they will soon hold a press conference to discuss, among other items, violence on the South Side.
The June 5 shooting happened outside of the Fudge Farm, a chocolate and ice cream shop. Although it was closed at the time, owners said on social media that they could not take any chances.
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