One man dead after shooting during Jeannette football game The victim has been identified as 48-year old Dameian Williams

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WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH. IT WAS ANY SEPTEMBER FRIDAY NIGHT IN ANY COMMUNITY. BUT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT’S GAME BETWEEN JEANNETTE AND IMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ENDED WITH GUNSHOTS. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE EXIT OUT THE FRONT. OUT TO THE FRONT. DAVID: POLICE SAY THIS MAN, GREG HARPER, GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH DAMEIAN WILILAMS JUST OUTSIDE THE STADIUM DURING THE WANING MOMENTS OF THE GAME, SHOT HIM, AND EVENTUALLY KILLED HIM. AT A VIGIL OUTSIDE THE STADIUM LAST NIGHT, WILLIAM’S NIECE SPOKE TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4. >> HEARTBROKEN. IT DON'T SEEM REAL TO US. HOW COULD SOMEBODY TAKE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT FROM US? DAVID: JEANNETTE SUPERINTENDENT MATTHEW JONES EMPHASIZED THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT THAT DIDN’T DIRECTLY INCLUDE ANY STUDENTS OR STAFF. >> OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY, WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THAT. DAVID: EVEN STILL, SAFETY AT ALL EVENTS IS THE COMMUNITY’S RESPONSIBILITY. JONES WOULDN’T DISCUSS ALL THE CHANGES UNTIL HE MET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY NIGHT, BUT DID SAY AT ALL EVENTS THIS WEEK, INCLUDING JEANNETTE’S HOME GAME FRIDAY, PEOPLE WILL SEE MORE POLICE. >> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, AND WE'VE STARTED THE PROCESS OF THAT ALREADY. DAVID: AT THE SCHOOL TODAY, ALL STAFF WHO WERE AT THE GAME WHEN THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE WERE REQUIRED TO SIT THROUGH AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SEMINAR. COUNSELING WAS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ANY STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT. ONCE WE GET ANY SPECIFICS BEYOND JUST ADDING POLICE, WE’LL PASS THAT ALONG TO YOU. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO WPIAL, TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THEY WOULD SAY. THEY SAID SECURITY AT HOME GAMES IS REALLY UP TO THE DISTRICT, BUT THEY DID SEND A REMINDER TO ALL DISTRICTS, REMINDING TH

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