Police say gunman from Friday shooting in Butler was shot, killed in Sunday officer-involved incident
A 17-year-old boy was shot Friday night, Nov. 28, by a man who was killed in a police-involved shooting on Sunday along Interstate 279 in Allegheny County, Butler City police said Monday afternoon.
Police said the boy was shot in the shoulder around 10:15 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Ridge Avenue and West New Castle Street. Police located the teen on the 100 block of Whitmire Avenue.
Police said the shooter, later identified as Devin Russell, 20, of Butler, fled the area and died after being shot by police following a pursuit Sunday, Nov. 30.
Russell fled Butler County in a white SUV into Allegheny County on I-279, leading to a police chase, according to Trooper Rocco Gagliardi, the public information officer for Troop B.
Gagliardi said the SUV lost control near mile marker nine and went off the road, flipped twice and landed on its wheels.
He said it then came over the radio that shots had been fired, but clarified Monday that there were no shots fired at police from the white SUV.
Gagliardi said the SUV contained four people, one of whom was Russell.
The 17-year-old boy shot in Butler was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital then flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Police said he was in stable but serious condition as of noon Monday.
The victim and his family are cooperating with the investigation, police said.
The bullet was found in a nearby residence, police said.
Trooper Bertha Cazy, the Troop D public information officer, said state police assisted in forensic processing of the scene but is not investigating the incident in Butler. Butler Township police, Butler Ambulance and the Butler Bureau of Fire also assisted at the scene.
City police were contacted early Saturday to confirm the shooting. The confirmation and further information from city police came after noon on Monday.
Gagliardi said state police are investigating the officer-involved shooting on I-279 because it occurred on a state highway, but no state police personnel were involved in the incident. He said county-level authorities usually investigate officer-involved shootings, but Allegheny County police do not have jurisdiction on the state highway.
Butler City police spoke with witnesses as the city scene and requested anyone with knowledge of the incident contact Sergeant Doctor.
