Man taken to hospital after shooting outside The Washington Community Club

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — A man was taken to the hospital after a shooting outside of The Washington Community Club early Thursday morning.

According to the City of Washington Police Department, officers responded to the area of 127 North Main Street for a reported shooting.

“We’ve just got to pray that all this chaos stops,” Mayor JoJo Burgess said.

Police were called to the club after a man had been shot multiple times.

Police found the man with non-life-threatening injuries, and he was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital.

The suspected shooter, the mayor said, is someone who had been removed from the club earlier in the night.

“I just know that they were in the establishment and once they were put out, this is what happened,” Burgess told Channel 11’s Andrew Havranek.

So far, the suspected shooter has not been found. The mayor said this is believed to be an isolated incident.

“I’m kinda worried about that, that shooting,” said Louis Williams of Washington.

People in Washington tell Channel 11 they’re frustrated by recent violence.

In October, there was a shooting in the alley next to the Washington Community Club. That’s where a 20-year-old man was killed, and a man in his 30s was seriously hurt.

Burgess said the violence has to stop.

“It’s troublesome whenever something like this happens because it tells me that people aren’t thinking about family and friends, they’re thinking about chaos and destruction, and we don’t like that at all,” Burgess said. “Stop shooting at each other. Stop acting a fool, and just be civilized, because right now when you act like this? You’re not civilized. You’re acting like barbaric people. That’s not what we want in any community, let alone ours.”

The City of Washington Police Department is actively investigating and trying to identify the suspect.

They ask anyone who may have witnessed this incident or have any information related to this incident to please reach out to the City of Washington Police Department through comments/messaging on their Facebook page.

You can also call the confidential tip line at 724-223-4108 or the detectives unit at 724-223-4225.

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