Aliquippa High School student dies after being shot by ATF agent, officials say
By Jordan Cioppa, Ava Rash
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ALIQUIPPA, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — The 18-year-old Aliquippa High School student who was shot by a federal agent has died.
The Allegheny County medical examiner said Kendric Curtis, 18, died just after 3 a.m. at Allegheny General Hospital.
Emergency dispatchers said the shooting happened shortly after 6:20 p.m. on Waugaman Street at the Linmar Terrace apartment complex.
Curtis was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital where he later died.
A statement from Pennsylvania State Police, who are investigating, said that “ATF and FBI agents working in a joint investigation were involved in a shooting incident.”
ATF confirmed the same information. At this time, it is unclear what agents were investigating prior to the shooting or why the shooting occurred.
“We don’t know the whole situation and what caused this or what happened. It wasn’t an officer of Aliquippa-involved shooting. It was an ATF-involved shooting. An agent from ATF was involved in this, but it wasn’t local,” Mayor Dwan Walker said.
“This is a fluid and active investigation. When we get all the facts that we need, we know justice will be brought forth,” Walker said.
“Everything is being brought to bear for this moment, from the state troopers’ office to local, federal,” the mayor said. “Everybody’s involved in this to make sure we get questions answered.”
In addition to the ATF and PSP, officers from Beaver Valley Regional Police, Aliquippa Police and Beaver County Sheriff’s Office were on scene.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 spoke to a Linmar Terrace resident who watched the scene unfold from her window after she heard multiple gunshots ring out on Waugaman Street.
“And then there’s a barrage of kids came running out and they were cursing and they were pointing, and they pointed at a police officer and they said, ‘that’s the one that shot him,'” said Sandra Pope.
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