Teen found fatally shot in McKeesport

Will Chaffin was found fatally shot on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at a house on the 1300 block of Ridge Street in McKeesport, Pa. He was 14 years old. Allegheny County 911 received a call about shots fired in the area at about 2:37 p.m. Friends and family called Chaffin “Lil Will.” One of the many who gathered at the scene to mourn and learn more, longtime McKeesport resident Agnes Thompson dabbed her eyes with a tissue as she paced the street. “He’ll be sadly missed,” said Thompson, adding that her prayers went out to the boy’s mother, a friend of her daughter’s. “I wish they had some peace over here.”

People gather around the scene where 14-year-old Will Chaffin was found fatally shot on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 on the 1300 block of Ridge Street in McKeesport, Pa. Allegheny County 911 received a call about shots fired in the area at about 2:37 p.m.
Tears roll down the cheeks of a boy on the street where 14-year-old Will Chaffin was found fatally shot on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in McKeesport, Pa. Friends and family called Chaffin “Lil Will.”
Police work at the McKeesport, Pa. home along the 1300 block of Ridge St. where 14-year-old Will Chaffin was found dead on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 after a 911 report of gunshots in the area. McKeesport police are leading the investigation with the assistance of the Allegheny County homicide unit.
Agnes Thompson, left, of McKeesport, hugs a boy along the 1300 block of Ridge St. in McKeesport, Pa. where 14-year-old Will Chafin was found fatally shot on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The boy and Chaffin, both in eighth grade, also rode the same bus, he said. “He’ll be sadly missed,” said Thompson, adding that her prayers went out to the boy’s mother, a friend of her daughter’s. “I wish they had some peace over here… It’s sad. It’s sad.”
Bullet holes are visible in both the upstairs and downstairs of the house where 14-year-old Will Chaffin was found fatally shot on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in McKeesport, Pa. People who did not wish to be identified said that there have been other incidents at the house that led to some of the bullet holes.
People gather around the scene where 14-year-old Will Chaffin was found fatally shot on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in McKeesport, Pa. The shooting comes six days after two people were shot to death outside a McKeesport housing complex.
People hug at the scene where a 14-year-old Will Chaffin was found fatally shot on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 on the 1300 block of Ridge Street in McKeesport, Pa.