Editing Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania (section)

==Crime==
Wilkinsburg was home to the infamous Larimer Avenue-Wilkinsburg (LAW) Gang, which the federal government indicted under the [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] (RICO). The indictment started in 1995 when the federal government investigated and arrested many people with criminal ties or activities. Overall, crime in Wilkinsburg is higher than in outlying neighborhoods on average. However, crime has slightly declined in recent years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Wilkinsburg-Pennsylvania.html|title=Crime in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania (PA): murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime map|website=www.city-data.com|access-date=2016-06-07}}</ref><ref>[http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/1998/07/13/story1.html "RICO Comes to Town", ''Pittsburgh Business Times'' (1998)]</ref>

===2000 shooting spree===
{{main|2000 Wilkinsburg shooting}}
On March 1, 2000, Wilkinsburg received national attention when Ronald Taylor killed three people and wounded two others in a racially motivated shooting spree that occurred in part at the local [[Burger King]] and [[McDonald's]] restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wpxi.com/archive/this-day-march-1-2000-racially-motivated-shooting-spree-leaves-3-dead-wilkinsburg/AC2KVVXIAFC5RMCEXJDLDUT6NA/|title=ON THIS DAY: March 1, 2000, Racially-motivated shooting spree leaves 3 dead in Wilkinsburg|website=WPXI News|access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref>

===2016 mass shooting===
{{main|2016 Wilkinsburg shooting}}
On March 9, 2016, five people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in a shooting at a cook-out in Wilkinsburg. The city council has many plans to beautify the neighborhood and repair many of the vacant homes such as the apartment building on 855 Rebecca Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2014/07/17/Advocates-help-push-Wilkinsburg-revitalization/stories/201407100043|title=Neighbors Unite helps revitalize Wilkinsburg|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2016-06-07}}</ref> Furthermore, Vice President of the City Council recently started Wilkinsburg Community Conversations, whereby community members have the opportunity to discuss current issues the borough is facing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maritagarrett.com/community-conversations.html|title=COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS|website=Marita Garrett|access-date=2016-06-07}}</ref><ref name="StroudRosenberg">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/us/mass-shooting-wilkinsburg-pittsburgh.html?_r=0|title=Gunmen Open Fire on Backyard Party Near Pittsburgh, Killing 5|last1=Stroud|first1=Matt|last2=Rosenberg|first2=Eli|date=March 10, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Botelho">{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/10/us/pennsylvania-shooting/|title=6 dead, including pregnant woman, in Pennsylvania backyard shooting|last=Botelho|first=Greg|date=March 10, 2016|work=CNN|access-date=March 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name="GoldsteinMajors">{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2016/03/10/Multiple-people-shot-in-Wilkinsburg/stories/201603100136|title=DA says Wilkinsburg ambush that killed six was planned, calculated, brutal|last1=Goldstein|first1=Andrew|last2=Kane|first2=Karen|date=March 10, 2016|last3=Templeton|first3=Dave|last4=Czebiniak|first4=Madasyn|last5=Majors|first5=Dan|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=March 10, 2016}}</ref>