2 sisters dead, 1 man hurt in shooting in McKeesport
Two sisters were killed and a man critically injured in a shooting early Friday in McKeesport.
Melodie Robb, 52, of McKeesport, and Kimberly Lesko, 55, of Versailles, died in Ms. Robb’s home in the 400 block of Gross Street when someone opened fire around 3:30 a.m. Friday. A third victim, who has not been identified, survived and was hospitalized in critical condition.
Ms. Robb’s husband was also in the home during the shooting but was upstairs and was not injured, said Ms. Lesko’s son, 27year-old Jeromie Anderson of Versailles.
“By the time he loaded his gun and got downstairs, everybody was gone,” Mr. Anderson said.
His mother was spending the night at her sister’s home in McKeesport after receiving treatment at a nearby hospital for a deep cut, he said. She didn’t have a vehicle, so Ms. Robb picked her up from the hospital.
Ms. Lesko called Mr. Anderson’s brother around 11 p.m. Thursday and told him she had decided to stay at her sister’s home to get some rest, Mr. Anderson said.
“And then this happened,” he said.
Police said two of the victims were found in the living room and another in a bedroom. Neighbors reported hearing at least four shots.
Mr. Anderson has no idea who would have wanted to kill his mother.
“She was always there for us,” he said. “She worked hard her whole life, worked hard and raised us basically by ourselves
because our dad had a drinking problem. He’s clean now, has been for 15 years. But she took us to baseball practices, helped with our homework, worked two jobs.”
He grew up in the Gross Street home where the shooting happened, he said. When his mother moved out of the house, she sold the home to her sister, who has lived there for years.
Mr. Anderson said the house was “pretty beat up” and said Ms. Robb didn’t have much money.
“She lives day to day,” he said. “They didn’t have the money to fix the house.”
Mr. Anderson said the family is accepting donations to pay for their funerals.
“I never expected this,” he