Pittsburgh active shooting situation: Information about the suspect

[sarisataka]

Pittsburgh active shooting situation: Information about the suspect

The suspect involved in an active shooting situation in Pittsburgh's Garfield neighborhood is dead after a several-hour standoff, public safety officials confirmed early Wednesday evening

Action News Investigates identified the suspect as William Hardison. Court records show Wednesday morning that an eviction for Hardison was scheduled at the address on Broad Street in Garfield, which is the epicenter of the active shooter situation.

Action News Investigates learned that the home was owned by William Hardison's father, who sold the house to a company called 907 East Street. In May, the company filed a complaint to evict Hardison, but they say he refused to leave and also refused to pay rent for the past five months.

Last week, a judge granted a request by the property owner to evict Hardison and lock his belongings inside the house

https://www.wtae.com/article/william-hardison-jr-pittsburgh-active-shooter/44891585

Article indicates he had quite a few encounters with the legal system but always received probation.

[AllyCat]

1. Oh no. Heartbreaking.

Maybe mental illness consult or financial assistance would have helped?

And not having guns everywhere? That would have helped too.

[Wingus Dingus]

11. He had many prior arrests, firearm violations. Declared himself

a "sovereign citizen". Tried to kill police officers. Doesn't sound like a good guy. Not really all that heartbreaking.

[AllyCat]

13. Didn't know that stuff. Still crappy.

Tom bad he couldn’t get some help.

[Sky Jewels]

2. JFC. Another male ... Something is seriously wrong with a lot of men in this country.

Yeah, yeah, not all ...

[MagickMuffin]

3. I would wager a bet that William didn't want to be homeless

I suppose he now has a permanent home amongst the stars.

[liberal_mama]

4. My daughter lives in Pittsburgh. She said that Garfield is an up and coming neighborhood.

Meaning it's been undergoing gentrification.

[AllyCat]

5. Of course. They wanted him out and he had nowhere to go

And didn’t want to leave his home.

[liberal_mama]

8. As soon as I saw there was a shooting in Pittsburgh, I immediately called my daughter to make sure

that she and my son-in-law were safe. Then I asked her about the neighborhood the shooting took place in. As soon as she mentioned "up and coming," I figured that someone was being forced out of the neighborhood and probably had nowhere else to go.

[AllyCat]

9. Still not an excuse but someone who could have used some help.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

10. It was no longer his home, actually, it was never his home,

the new owners had every right to evict him off their property.
Him opening fire on the cops was in every way wrong and he paid the ultimate price for his foolishness.

[AllyCat]

12. Nope. I don't excuse his behavior. It was completely the wrong

Thing to do. I can appreciate the position in which he found himself and did not reach out for help or no help was available.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. I apologize if I came across as you excusing his behavior, never meant to imply that.

Sometimes I have a brain fart.

He definitely should have reached out for help.

[AllyCat]

15. Sounds like his son tried to talk him down and it didn't work.

Always want to root for someone to turn themselves around.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

16. 100+. nt

[Initech]

6. Another nightmare brought to you by the NRA.

Fuck you NRA.

[Swede]

7. Well a gun just settled this problem.

Now onto the next problem.