Seven shot in Strip District club; one in custody

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Seven shot in Strip District club; one in custody

Monday, July 31, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A person of interest is in custody after seven people were shot in a Pittsburgh night club early this morning.

A man opened fire at the Touch night club on Smallman Street shortly after 1 a.m., according to police. Three of the victims were critically wounded.

Of the seven people who were shot, two people were taken to Mercy hospital, four were taken to Allegheny General Hospital and another walked into UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland, according to KDKA-TV.

Police are still investigating how the gun got into the club, which has security officers that are supposed to pat down all patrons as they enter.

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… in teh clubbb

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freaking terrible… a person on the news from touch was saying how they pat everyone down… when in the world did this start? i have never been patted down there!

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i guess he didn’t like the dress code

there are a lot of problems downtown…but then again its a lot nicer than most major cities

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…since we ceased gracing Touch with our presence

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The Strip = assssstttttuuuurrrddddssss…too many tough guys

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I agree. I was there maybe 2 weeks ago or so and my buddy is a cop. He’s off-duty and doesn’t go anywhere without his gun, except to places like the club or sporting events. Well, he forgot that he had it on him and he walked right in with it, no problem. About a half hour later, he realized he had it, asked the bouncers if they’d let him run out to his car real quick b/c he forgot something. Ran out, put it back, then came back in. Even when he came BACK in they still didn’t pat him down.

Unfortuantely Matrix, Margarita Mama’s and the such are all the same way, I’ve never been patted down in any of them.

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im going to have to raise the :bsflag: on this one also. i have NEVER been patted down there. and since it was SIN night (service industry) i bet the crowd was really classy.

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yeah i never was patted down there either

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never been patted down here either

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WAMO NIGHT MORONS!!! sunday’s are wamo night. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what/who the problem is. Its a shame it happend but u gotta use ur better judgement on what club you go to and what day. chances are no one is gonna open fire at saddle ridge.

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in befo da :lockd:

:D:D:D:D:D

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I don’t understand, please explain.

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:rofl:

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I’ve never been patted down there either, and I was there recently when “whitey” graced us with his presence.

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x2… :bowrofl:

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u know what i mean but wamo= black people= like to shoot eachother.

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if it is toughguys taking out other toughguys I am all for it…just ashame it is in a public place where innocent people are at risk

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I have never been patted down there nor any other place for that matter,i was actually going through strip dist around 1 last night and was going to stop down.good thing i didn,t! Fucking ghetto people…let them kill eachother…only weeds them out slowly. On another note…this girl i am tlaking to just moved to PA and she got a place in lawerencville and had no clue abou tthe place,well nedless to say i stopped over last night and appearantly there was a shoooting right on the corner of her street two nights ago…fucking…%^g&ers

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did not know that… that explains it all though