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Pittsburgh police probing double fatal shooting in housing project

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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Authorities in Western Pennsylvania have identified two men shot to death at a Pittsburgh housing project where an automatic alert system summoned police officers to the scene.

The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said 21-year-old Tajour Embry and 19-year-old Shaquille Maynor were killed at the Homewood North projects early Monday.

Police spokeswoman Sonya Toler says a ShotSpotter alert brought police to the scene minutes after midnight. The automated system uses audio sensors to detect gunshots.

The victims were found in a common hallway on the first floor of one building of the complex owned by the city’s housing authority. No arrests have been reported.

Gunfire was also reported on three other nearby streets earlier, but police don’t know whether those shootings were related. No victims were found at those scenes.

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