Brackenridge woman charged in connection with Tarentum gunfire - TribLIVE

A Brackenridge woman has been charged in connection with a shooting Monday along Corbet Street in Tarentum.

Freedom Brown, 41, faces two counts each of terroristic threats and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.

Allegheny County Police said two people suffered minor injuries — cuts and bruises — while running from the gunfire.

Eight 9 mm shell casings were found at the scene.

Officers responded about 2:45 a.m. to the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Corbet Street, near the railroad tracks.

Footage of the incident was captured on borough security cameras.

When they arrived, officers found a female victim who reported she was shot in the leg but learned it was instead a cut to the knee. Police said a second victim suffered cuts to the hand while running away from the gun shots.

According to the criminal complaint, the victims appeared to be having an argument with Brown. The two parties were on opposite sides of the railroad tracks, with the victims at East Fifth Avenue and Corbet Street. That’s when a light-colored Buick SUV pulled up and two unidentified men exited the vehicle, police said.

“Brown points in the direction of victim 1 and victim 2,” the criminal complaint stated.

“The unknown male driver then raises a handgun and fires eight shots in the direction of (the victims). Brown then shouts something in the direction of (the victims).”

The men and Brown got into the SUV and drove away, the complaint said.

A warrant was issued Tuesday from District Judge Carolyn Bengel’s office.

Officers found a vehicle matching the description of the one involved in the incident in front of Brown’s home along Sixth Avenue in Brackenridge. Tarentum officers located Brown walking nearby and took her into custody.

Brown is awaiting arraignment on the charges, according to court documents.

Police said the incident began with an argument at the Marathon gas station near the foot of the Tarentum Bridge. The victims said they were out having drinks and ran into Brown at the gas station.

The male victim got into an argument with Brown, who, according to police, told the pair, “I’m gonna get my (expletive) to kill you.”

Brown told police she felt disrespected by a man at the gas station who called her a name and pushed her.

Footage from the gas station shows Brown and the male victim pushing each other, police said. No distinguishable threats could be heard on gas station footage because of the amount of shouting that was happening, according to police.

Brown left the Marathon station before the pair she was fighting with, police said, but encountered them again near the tracks.

Brown told police she “saw three cars near the intersection and heard loud bangs,” the complaint said.

She told police she didn’t see where the bangs came from but said they sounded like fireworks. Brown told police that she then ran home, the complaint said.

Police said Brown has distinguishable features with long, blonde braids and was seen on surveillance footage at the scene.

Tawnya Panizzi is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Tawnya by email at tpanizzi@triblive.com or via Twitter .

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