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THIS IS KDKA TV NEWS AT NOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
THANKS FOR WATCHING ON KDKA,
AND CBSN PITTSBURGH.
I'M DAVID HIGHFIELD.
WE START THIS NOON WITH
BREAKING NEWS ON THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF A 1-YEAR-OLD BOY.
WE HAVE LEARNED TWO MEN ARE NOW
IN JAIL AND POLICE ARE LOOKING
FOR A THIRD, WHO ALSO FACES
CHARGES.
LINDSAY WARD HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THE INVESTIGATION.
AND JUST HEARD FROM POLICE.
AND LINDSEY, WHAT HAVE YOU
LEARNED FROM THEM?
DAVID, GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS CASE IMPACTED EVERYTHING
BECAUSE IT INVOLVED AN INNOCENT
LITTLE BOY.
1-YEAR-OLD ZIKIR YOUNG WAS IN
THE BED, WITH HIS MOTHER
SLEEPING, STRUCK IN THE HEAD
WITH A BULLET.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU PHOTOS OF
THOSE MEN WHO ARE FACING
CHARGES IN HIS DEATH.
ANDRE CRAWFORD AND MARVIN HILL
ARE IN THE ALLEGHENY JAIL.
THEY ARE FACING CRIMINAL
HOMICIDE AS WELL AS GUN
CHARGES.
AND A LENGTHY CRIMINAL
COMPLAINT REALLY PROVIDES
EXTENSIVE DETAILS INTO WHAT
HAPPENED.
IT WAS AUGUST 24th, WHEN
PITTSBURGH POLICE WERE ALERTED.
GUNFIRE WAS FOUND.
THIS IS IN THE AREA OF RHINE
PLACE IN THE CITY'S SPRING HILL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
A BULLET TRAVELED THROUGH THE
WALLS, WHERE ZIKIR YOUNG WAS
SLEEPING.
HE WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD.
MULTIPLE BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED
BY BULLETS.
AND SEVERAL SHELL CASINGS WERE
FOUND.
VIDEO SHOWS ALL THREE MEN.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE FOOTAGE
SHOWS CRAWFORD HOLDING HIS GUN,
DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM WHERE HE
WAS SLEEPING.
THE THREE MEN WERE ENGAGED IN A
GUN BATTLE.
NO SENSE OF A LIFE HAVING
VALUE OR WORTH.
IT'S A SAD, SAD CASE.
THEY WANTED TO TAKE EACH
OTHER'S LIVES.
ANY LIFE TAKEN, IS ONE TOO
MANY.
TO TAKE A 1-YEAR-OLD CHILD FROM
THEIR FAMILY, TO NOT GIVE THEM
THAT FUTURE THAT THEY DESERVE.
IS UNACCEPTABLE.
NOW, ALTHOUGH ARRESTS HAVE
BEEN MADE IN THIS CASE.
POLICE SAY THIS INVESTIGATION
IS FAR FROM OVER.
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE
REALLY LEANING ON THE PUBLIC
FOR HELP.
IN THIS.
WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS
