WASHINGTON, Pa. — A man who was shot in broad daylight near a Washington elementary school on Monday has died.
Police responded to the 100 block of West Walnut Street in the City of Washington around noon, finding a man lying on the sidewalk, shot several times.
Medics took the man, identified as Nasstylejah Wilkerson, to an area hospital, but he was pronounced dead at the emergency room, per Washington Coroner Tim Warco.
The shooting happened just feet from several homes and the playground for John F. Kennedy Catholic Elementary School, where neighbors tell us dozens of children had been playing when the gunfire began.
The Pittsburgh Diocese said students at John F. Kennedy Catholic Elementary School were moved away from windows, and the school was secured as a precaution. A school security officer was on site at the time. Everyone at the school is safe.
A neighbor exclusively detailed to Channel 11 how she jumped into action after hearing the gunfire.
“They were outside, I heard them running back into the school,l and the school is right there,” she said.
The neighbor, who asked not to be identified, is a nurse and realized Wilkerson quickly needed medical attention.
“He needed immediate help, one of the most important things you can do is apply pressure to the wound.”
Mayor Jo Jo Burgess is urging the community to put the guns down.
“When kids are at school they should feel safe they shouldn’t have to be hustled off because of gunfire,” Burgess said.
Burgess then addressed the suspect and anyone looking to bring violence to her community.
“There is no reason, I don’t think there is any rational reason, that you should take another person’s life,” she said.
Police don’t currently know what led up to the brazen midday shooting, and are asking the public to come forward with information.
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