Man charged in Allentown shooting that killed 1, injured 2

A Pittsburgh man is charged in connection with a triple shooting earlier this month that left one man dead and two other injured in the city’s Allentown neighborhood, according to charges unsealed Monday.

Quincey Gurske, 20, is charged with homicide, attempted homicide and aggravated assault in connection with the March 3 shooting at Adan Market on East Warrington Avenue.

The shooting killed 20year-old Marquese Freeman. A second victim was found about a mile away with a gunshot wound to the bicep. Another, a 17-year-old boy, was shot in the hip and nose. He, too, was found a little over a mile away, near Dilworth Street.

Security footage from inside the market at 707 E. Warrington Ave. captured the shooting, investigators said.

Police said the footage showed a man in a red shirt, gray sweatpants, red or pink shoes and a face mask walk into the store just before 7 p.m. the night of the shooting. Two others were with him, according to the complaint, both of whom were wearing ripped jeans and black hoodies.

Freeman walked in moments later and the man in the red shirt — later identified as Mr. Gurske — allegedly opened fire, police said. Freeman ran to the rear of the store and pulled his own pistol, police said, and fired at one of the individuals, who was with Mr. Gurske. The second person with Mr. Gurske also allegedly opened fire at Freeman, who collapsed inside the store. He had been shot multiple times in the head and chest.

A man who was with Freeman was shot in the arm. He was found by first responders a short time later near the intersection of Arlington Avenue and William Street, according to the complaint.

That man told investigators he’d been hanging out outside of the convenience store when Freeman pulled up in a gray car, parked in front of the store, and walked inside, according to the complaint. The man said he walked in behind Freeman and was almost immediately hit with gunfire.

Shortly after 7 p.m., police responded to a home on Dilworth Street for a 17year-old who’d been shot in the nose and hip, according to the complaint. Investigators watched the bodyworn camera footage from the officer dispatched to Dilworth and noted a man in a red shirt, gray sweatpants and red or pink shoes — the same outfit as one of the alleged shooters in the footage from Adan Market.

The clothing the 17- year old was wearing also matched the description of one of the people with Mr. Gurske inside the store, according to the complaint.

Police noted that when first responders began arriving at Dilworth Street, the man in the red shirt went inside the house and emerged putting on a windbreaker. He identified himself to police as Mr. Gurske. During a later search of the home on Dilworth, investigators recovered a pair of gray sweatpants with bloodstains, a red shirt, a pair of red and pink shoes, and a loaded Glock.

The charges against Mr. Gurske were filed Thursday, and he was taken into custody Monday when he arrived at Pittsburgh Municipal Court for a preliminary hearing on an unrelated charge of receiving stolen property.

Mr. Gurske was awaiting arraignment Monday afternoon. Court records did not list an attorney.