Week in Review: Latrobe attack, baby shot and coronavirus penalties

Officials are pledging justice for a 1-year-old boy who was shot and killed in Pittsburgh. Meanwhile bars and fraternities alike are being penalized for violating coronavirus guidelines. Here’s a look back at some of the week’s biggest stories.

Lefty’s closed

A popular Strip District bar was ordered by the Allegheny County Health Department to close for at least a week, after officials said it failed to comply with covid-19 health restrictions. An inspection report for Lefty’s In the Strip listed several violations to county health mandates.

The posted covid-19 capacity for the bar is 22 people, but the inspector recorded 33 people during his visit. Twelve people were observed in the outdoor dining area, thought the space designated is only to accommodate seven.

The inspection report also recorded an “observed failure of the facility to enforce physical distancing” and many patrons consuming alcohol after completing their meals. The report said a bartender stated those patrons were waiting for meals but was unable to provide proof.

Latrobe attack

A Latrobe man is jailed after police said he broke in to a Derry Township apartment early Sunday and brutally attacked three people.

Karen Short, her 18-year-old daughter Amber Short, and friend Adam Rousson of Montreal, Canada, all remain in Conemaugh Memorial Hospital in Johnstown, where they were taken after the 2 a.m attack in the West 4th Street apartment.

Short and Rousson are in the intensive care unit for treatment of multiple stab wounds as well as for injuries sustained from being beaten with a metal baseball bat and bitten.

State police captured the alleged intruder, Nicholas A. McIntyre, 26, of Latrobe, about noon Sunday during a ground and air search near Latrobe.

McIntyre is in the county jail without bail.

He was arraigned Monday on three counts each of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, harassment, reckless endangerment and terroristic threats along with two counts of theft and burglary.

Karen Short’s sister said McIntyre has been stalking her niece for about two years. She said her sister planned to call the county probation office because McIntyre was bothering her daughter again.

Family members said McIntyre blamed Karen Short for keeping him from her daughter.

Baby shot

A bullet meant for someone else found its way through a window and two walls at an apartment complex in Spring Hill, killing a 1-year-old boy as he slept in his bed Monday night.

Pittsburgh police on Tuesday morning pleaded for anyone with information about the shootout that killed Zykier Young to come forward.

Police Chief Scott Schubert called it senseless violence that has to end.

The shooting started just after 6 p.m. on Rhine Place, and multiple people with multiple firearms were involved, police said.

Greek organizations suspended

The University of Pittsburgh has placed nine Greek life chapters on interim suspension of registration status after reports that the groups violated the university’s Health and Safety Guidelines and Student Code of Conduct.

Pitt announced the interim suspension of Alpha Tau Omega, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon on Aug. 19. On Aug. 24, the school reported suspensions of Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Delta Delta Deltaand Delta Chi.

Investigations are underway, Pitt spokesman Kevin Zwick said. He declined to provide specifics about the reported violations.

Students who spoke to the Tribune-Review in Oakland Tuesday said it’s common knowledge around campus that some Greek organizations were hosting parties and not abiding by social distancing rules.

Covid-19 at Greater Latrobe

Two employees of Greater Latrobe School District tested positive for covid-19, according to Superintendent Georgia Teppert.

Administrators were informed over the weekend that the staff members were showing symptoms. The district contacted the state Department of Health, which conducted contact tracing, according to Teppert.

No students were affected. She said she could not disclose any identifying information about the staff members, including in which of the district’s five schools they worked.

The school year is expected to begin Monday as planned, according to Teppert. Elementary school students will attend school as normal. Students in the middle and high schools will use a hybrid model, attending school some days and learning from home on others.