By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-07 00:02:40 | Updated at 2024-11-07 02:40:40
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Girl, 5, hit with rock while trick-or-treating in Penn Hills; suspect released on non-monetary bond [near Pittsburgh, PA]
WPXI ^ | November 1, 2024 | Rich Pierce
Posted on 11/06/2024 3:41:35 PM PST by grundle
PENN HILLS, Pa. — A little girl was sent to the hospital after she was hit in the head by a rock while trick-or-treating in Penn Hills.
According to police paperwork, a mother and her 5-year-old daughter had just left a house on Dorothy Drive when the mother felt something hit her back. When she turned around, she saw a man pick up another fist-sized rock and throw it. The second rock struck her daughter in the head.
Channel 11 spoke off-camera to a woman at the home the pair had just left. She described the throw as hard and deliberate.
“I heard some commotion last night but wasn’t sure what it was,” Ricky Dixon told Channel 11. He lives across the street. “Life is hard enough for us to be throwing rocks at little 5-year-old girls. What’s this world coming to?”
Police arrested Skylar Smith, 26. According to police, he told them he did it because he was “feeling violent,” “wanted to hurt people,” and would “do it again.”
Smith underwent a psych evaluation at Forbes Hospital before being released back to police.
“Situations like this are really tricky, right? Everybody is dealing with [something]. We’ve got a mental health crisis in this world right now,” neighbor Brayden Lee said. “I just feel really, really awful for her family and I just hope she’s okay.”
The little girl was taken to UPMC East for a CT scan and stitches.
Smith is free on nonmonetary bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 18.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; US: Pennsylvania
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Even though he said he would do it again, they let him out.
1 posted on 11/06/2024 3:41:35 PM PST by grundle
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2 posted on 11/06/2024 3:43:33 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: grundle
It’s too bad there’s no picture of the perpetrator.
3 posted on 11/06/2024 3:43:35 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: grundle
Where is the girl's father? Shouldn't he being taking care of business?
4 posted on 11/06/2024 3:44:17 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
To: grundle
they let him out
He must have hit a white girl.
5 posted on 11/06/2024 3:44:24 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: grundle
Penn Hills is a Pittsburgh suburban community.
6 posted on 11/06/2024 3:44:31 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
7 posted on 11/06/2024 3:45:52 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Jeff Chandler
And I’ll bet the perpetrator was another son of Obeyme.
8 posted on 11/06/2024 3:46:16 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: grundle
9 posted on 11/06/2024 3:46:51 PM PST by Uversabound (Might does not make right, but it does enforce the commonly recognized rights of each succeeding gen)
To: grundle
kinda redefines rock and roll...
10 posted on 11/06/2024 3:46:57 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: grundle
Not tricky at all.
Not even a little.
11 posted on 11/06/2024 3:47:26 PM PST by Manic_Episode (Harpazo imminent. Each post may be my last. It's been real =)
To: No name given
12 posted on 11/06/2024 3:56:41 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
To: grundle
Throwing rocks at a 5 year old because perp felt “violent” …..
13 posted on 11/06/2024 4:01:22 PM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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