(File Photo: Caption for Photo: Police are investigating two late-night shootings that happened in McKeesport on Sunday. Officers were called to a gas station along Lysle Boulevard and an alleyway near Madison Avenue around 30 minutes apart Sunday night.It’s unclear at this time if the two shootings are related or connected. Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of KDKA Photojournalist Bryce Lutz)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(McKeesport, PA) Police are investigating two shootings that happened less than 30 minutes apart last night in McKeesport. Two men were injured in these shootings which happened at two different locations. Allegheny County Police said that the department’s Homicide Unit was requested and responded to assist in the shooting investigations. According to police, officers were first called to the area of Lysle Boulevard and Huey Street, where a man was shot just after 10:30 p.m. last night. The scene of this shooting was the outside of the Sunoco gas station along Lysle Boulevard and there appeared to be blood on the front door of the store. Police also had an area taped off around the intersection of nearby 5th Avenue and Huey Street. The man who was shot in the area was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Police stated that they are also investigating a shooting that happened in the area of an alleyway behind Madison Avenue, where another man was shot. Dispatchers confirm that the second shooting happened around 25 minutes after the first. The scene of this second shooting was at an alleyway between Madison Avenue and Petty Street. The man who was shot in the area of Madison Avenue was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Police did not specify if the two shootings are believed to be related.