SHARPSBURG, Pa. — It started with a massive brawl inside Big Pat’s Bar on Main Street in Sharpsburg, according to police, on Sunday night after the Pittsburgh Steeler’s overtime win over the Seahawks. Police say the bar was packed.
What happened next was all caught on camera. A man involved in the bar fight, Justin Craig, was seen on camera leaving the bar, police say.
The footage shows a car slowly coming up to a red light on Main Street and that’s when, police say, Craig walks into the middle of the road, holds up his gun and shoots. The first shot hits a transformer. On the video footage, you can see the night sky lit up.
The second shot hits the car stopped at the red light. The bullet goes through the trunk, through the passenger back seat, through a passenger front seat and lodges into the front air bag. The man driving, an innocent bystander, had just dropped his friend off at home, according to police.
Police say this video shows Justin Craig leaving a Sharpsburg bar and shooting at a car that was an unintended target. The bullet went through the passenger seat and into the airbag (only the driver was in the car). The shooter also hit a transformer. @WPXI pic.twitter.com/zaJxSe6ocd
— Amy Hudak (@amy_hudak) October 28, 2021
If that man were in the passenger’s seat, he would be dead, police say.
What’s most concerning is nobody called 911, according to police, and they say the bar never notified them about this large fight. Detectives only learned about the shooting because the innocent man showed up at the police station saying something hit his car.
Craig turned himself into the Allegheny County Jail Thursday on several charges. Channel 11 reached out to his lawyer, who said, “No comment.”
Through their investigation, police also learned Craig allegedly shot at the wrong car. Police say his target was someone he was fighting with at the bar and that their car drove by just seconds before that innocent man pulled up to a red light.
Our sources tell us the Liquor Control Board has been made aware of this incident, and they’re investigating. Channel 11 stopped by Big Pat’s Bar a couple of times trying to get in touch with the owner or a manager, but nobody got in touch with us.
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