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A bullet-riddled stop sign was evidence of gunfire on the streets of Homewood.

One resident always carried a 9-mm handgun whenever he ventured outside.

Police found Lawrence Yates lying unconcious one Friday evening. The victim of a drug deal gone sour, Yates spent months in a coma. A 19-year-old man was later arrested in connection with the attack.

James Wilson was beaten and robbed while walking home. A cut near his eye required several stitches.

Suspected drug dealer were kept under surveillance by police.

Sodium lamps lit the streets but did little to curb the violence. Hermitage Street was the scene of a drive-by shooting.

Residents in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh saw a startling increase in violent crime in 1991. Police blamed drug turf wars and greater availability of guns. One man, home from his white collar job, kept watch with a rifle and a flashlight at…

As an evening of fox trots and rumbas drew to a close at a Pittsburgh dance hall, a lone couple remained in the mood to dance.

The proprietor of a scrap yard in Pittsburgh took a break in one of the dozens of junk cars in his front yard.

Dorothy Ramey and son Michael, 12, lived in a neighborhood where gunfire often echoed in the night.