Boy, 7, dies after shooting near Erie home
ERIE — A 7-year-old boy injured in a shooting in northwestern Pennsylvania last week died at a Pittsburgh hospital, authorities said.
Antonio Yarger Jr. was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh after the shooting Thursday in Erie, the Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said. Yarger was pronounced dead at the hospital Monday morning, officials said.
Erie police said the boy was shot in the head Thursday night while on the sidewalk about a block from his home. No arrests have been announced.
The community is reeling after the death of 7-year-old Antonio “Espn” Yarger, Jr. He died after being shot in the head on Erie’s east side. Family, friends, and community members gathered to remember him at the site of the shooting Monday evening. https://t.co/gwYKkHBlW2
— Christyn Allen (@ChristynAllenTV) April 19, 2022
Deputy Chief Rick Lorah of the Erie police department called the investigation “extremely active.” He told the Erie Times-News that detectives are reviewing “hundreds of hours” of surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses.
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