Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that claimed an 18-year-old Pittsburgh man Friday afternoon in the city’s Sheraden neighborhood.

Officers found Kenneth Hairston, who had been shot in the head, when they responded to a Shotspotter alert at about 1:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Stafford Street.

He was in critical condition when medics took him to Allegheny General Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2 p.m., according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. No other injuries were reported.

The police department’s Group Violence Intervention and Mobile Crime units also responded. An investigation is continuing.

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