PITTSBURGH — An auto repair shop in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood says teenagers caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage to multiple vehicles in its parking lot.
Premier Auto Body on Brownsville Road said the incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, and it was all caught on camera.
“There’s tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage caused by a bunch of kids!” one employee told Channel 11’s Andrew Havranek.
Channel 11 spoke with that employee, who did not want to be identified. He said this is at least the fifth time in recent years that teenagers have destroyed property at the shop.
“It’s gonna happen again, and again and again, we have problems with these kids almost every day,” he said.
Surveillance video shows the teens walking into the shop’s side lot and immediately starting to go through one of the cars. Then, they jump onto the street sweeper before one of the teens throws a boulder at the windshield.
“They destroyed the street sweeper, over and over they jumped on it, they bent the cab, broke out every window, even climbed behind it where the legs couldn’t go and kept kicking on it,” the employee said.
The video also shows teens jumping on the roof of a customer’s car, leaving major dents.
“That was just a good ol’ working man’s car,” the employee said. “He was in a crash, and he was trying to save it, but that’s unsavable now.”
The shop employee said a lot of the issues are because of the bus stop right next to the business.
“It would be nice if it moved,” he said. “The only time that bus stop isn’t too bad is from June to August when these kids aren’t in school.”
The shop employee said Pittsburgh Police responded to the incident. He doesn’t know what can be done to stop the vandalism.
“Something has to be done,” he said. “I don’t want no kids to end up in jail, but someone’s got to teach these kids that there’s rules in life.”
Pittsburgh police confirmed an investigation, but have not said whether charges have been filed.
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