PITTSBURGH — A woman was fatally shot in the head in Pittsburgh's Brookline neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to police.
Emergency responders found the 25-year-old woman, identified by the medical examiner's office as Maria Bruno, on the ground near a pool in the rear of the home in the 900 block of Fordham Street, Pittsburgh Public Information Officer Sonya Toler said.
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"Maria was the most beautiful girl in the world. Her beauty came from the inside," Bruno's cousin Thomas Pisano said.
According to police, the shooting was reported by someone calling 911 from inside the home at about 6 a.m.
Paramedics pronounced Bruno dead at the scene minutes later.
“We have spoken to several people who were in the home at the time and we are still trying to put together the circumstances,” Toler said.
Police have not said who the person was that made the call.
When asked if this shooting was drug or alcohol related, police said it was a possibility, but are still waiting for lab results.
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Homicide Squad is investigating.