Two Dead, Seven Injured in Western Psych Shooting

Two people are dead and seven people are injured after a shooting inside Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday.

One of the two people confirmed dead is the shooter. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said the shooter had two semi-automatic handguns.

Two of the seven people taken to UPMC Presbyterian were treated and released, according Donald M. Yealy, UPMC's chairman of emergency medicine and Upper St. Clair resident. He said two people are in the intensive care unit.

The ages, genders and conditions of the patients being treated at UPMC Presbyterian are as follows:

• 46-year-old male, gun shot wound,  fair condition
• 64-year-old female, gun shot wound, serious condition
• 54-year-old female, gun shot wound, fair condition
• 35-year-old male, gun shot wound, fair condition
• 49-year-old male, gun shot wound, serious condition

Care of patients was not compromised as events unfolded, said Claudia Roth, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of WPIC. Additional staffing has been arranged, and many staff members volunteered to work extra shifts. All security procedures will be reviewed in the coming days.

“The safety of our patients, visitors and staff is of utmost importance,” Dr. Roth said.

Ravenstahl thanked the University of Pittsburgh police department for their heroism. They were the first emergency officials on the scene. One Pitt police officer was grazed by a bullet.

The University of Pittsburgh is on spring break this week.

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