A quadruple shooting brought Allegheny County homicide detectives to an apartment complex on Smokey Wood Drive where two young men, both graduates of Woodland Hills High School, were found dead. investigators are trying to determine a motive.

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WEBVTT LIVE WITH A SEARCH FOR ANSWERSTONIGHT.BOB.REPORTER: I CONFIRMED THESE TWOYOUNG MEN ACTUALLY WENT TO HIGHSCHOOL TOGETHER.THEY BOTH GRADUATED FROMWOODLAND HILLS HIGH JUST A FEWYEARS AGO, BUT POLICE SAY THEYWERE SHOOTING AT EACH OTHERINSIDE THIS APARTMENT BUILDING.I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEMOTHER OF ONE OF THESE VICTIMSTODAY, SHE SAYS NONE OF THISSOUND LIKE ANYTHING HER SONWOULD BE INVOLVED IN.ROBERT DETORRE THE THIRD'SFAMILY SHARED THESE PICTURES,HIS MOTHER TELLS ME THE18-YEAR-OLD LOVED FOOTBALL,SNOWBOARDING AND SKIING.>> HE WAS JUST A REALLY REALLYCARING, LOVING FUN KID, THIS ALLJUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TOME.REPORTER: IT'S A MYSTERY TO MANYPEOPLE.DETORRE WAS KILLED HERE AT THEFOREST APARTMENTS IN SWISSVALELAST NIGHT INSIDE APARTMENT 409WHERE HE'D LIVED FOR ONLY ACOUPLE OF WEEKS.>> A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT HAVEMISUNDERSTOOD ROBBY, BECAUSETHEY DIDN'T NOT VERY SWEET, VERYPRECIOUS ROBBY THAT WE ALL KNEWAND LOVED AND WERE SO BLESSED TOHAVE IN OUR LIVES.REPORTER: ALSO KILLED19-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY HOOTS, THISPICTURE IS FROM A CASE WECOVERED IN DECEMBER WHEN HOOTSWAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLYFIRING SHOTS INTO A CAR INFOREST HILLS.THERE IS NOTHING SUGGESTING THATSHOOTING HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITHLAST NIGHT'S MURDERS.COUNTY POLICE SAY IT APPEARSDETORRE AND HOOTS FIRED AT EACHOTHER.>> AND I AM LITERALLY SHOCKED ATHOW HE COULD BE CONNECTED TOROBBY IN ANYWAY.I WANT TO BELIEVE HE WASN'T.I DON'T THINK HE WAS.REPORTER: DETORRE'S NAMELY ISDEVASTATED, BUT HIS MOTHER WON'TLET HER SON BE FORGOTTEN.>> I CAN'T LIVE WITH THIS UGLYTRAGIC THING THAT HAS HAPPENED.I AM GOING TO SOMEHOW, SOME WAYTRY TO TURN THIS INTO SOMETHINGPOSITIVE.REPORTER: A LOT NEED TO BESORTED OUT AS TO WHY THISSHOOTING HAPPENED.POLICE HAVE SAID THEY DON'T KNOWEXACTLY WHAT THE MOTIVE WAS BUTTHEY SAY DRUGS MAY HAVE BEEN AFACTOR ALTHOUGH THEY HAVEN'TEXPLAINED EXACTLY WHAT THEY MEANBY THAT.TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE SHOTDURING THIS, BUT BOTH AREEXPECTED TO SURVIVE, IN FACT ONEHAS ALREADY BEEN RELEASED FROMTHE HOSPITAL.

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The two young men killed Monday night in a shooting at a Swissvale apartment complex were both graduates of Woodland Hills High School, and investigators are trying to determine a motive. Police said the shooting happened inside an apartment in the 400 building of The Forest Apartments on Smokey Wood Drive -- a tree-lined area consisting of a high-rise building and several low-rise garden-style apartments. "At this point, we're not sure what the motive is for the shooting," Allegheny County police Lt. Andy Schurman said. The victims have been identified as Anthony Hoots, 19, of Turtle Creek, and Robert DeTorre III, 18, of Swissvale. Detorre's mother, Vickie, said the young man had moved to the apartment less than two weeks earlier. "I don't understand what happened, but I will get my answers to all of this," Vickie Detorre said Tuesday. "Somehow, someway, I will try to find something good, something positive from this, because that's what he would have wanted. That was the Robbie that we all know and love." Detorre said her son played enjoyed football, snowboarding, and hunting. "He was just a really loving, caring, fun kid," she said. "This all doesn't make any sense to me." Police don't think anyone involved in the shooting is on the run or unaccounted for. At least two guns were found in the apartment, Schurman said. Investigators believe Detorre and Hoots fired at each other. "There's multiple guns, multiple shots fired, so we're not sure who fired what at this point," he said. "That's what we're trying to figure out." Hoots was awaiting trial on charges that he fired shots into a car in Forest Hills. No one was hurt in the December incident, but a baby was in the victims' car. Investigators gave no indication there was any connection between the two incidents. Woodland Hills School District officials confirmed both young men had graduated from the high school. It's not clear whether they were friends. Ronnie Wright, a neighbor, said he was startled to see several police cars and ambulances as he returned home from shopping. "We're all shocked because it's quiet here," Wright said. He described the crime scene as "something that I haven't seen in all the years I've been here."