The victim was identified as 16-year-old Deven Holloway. Police said he was found shot at a playground at Linton Middle School.

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WEBVTT LEAST ONE HAS BEEN QUESTIONED.REPORTER: IT WAS ON THESE BASKETBALL COURTS AROUND 4:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF LINTON MIDDLE SCHOOLAS AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES WERE GOING ON.WE KNOW A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS QUESTIONED IN RELATION TO THERE SHOOTING BUT HE WAS RELEASED ANDRIGHT NOW NO CHARGES FILED.ALLEGHENY HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE ASKING FOR HELP TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF A 16-YEAR-OLD PENN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.THERE MUCH REPORTS OF THREE TO FIVE SHOTS AS THIS WAS BUZZING WITH AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES, PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL.>> THEY WERE IN THE DOORWAY AND HEARD THE SHOTS AND WENT IN THE SCHOOL.REPORTER: OVERNIGHT POLICE INTERVIEWED A 22-YEAR-OLD BELIEVED TO INVOLVED.HE SAID HIS CLIENT WAS DEFENDINGHIMSELF.>> HE DOESN'T HAVE A RECORD AND HE DOES HAVE A LICENSE TO CARRY A FIREARM.HE DOES HAVE MARKS ON HIM.HE WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF THIS EVENING.REPORTER: HE SAYS HIS CLIENT WANTED TO COOPERATE WITH POLICE AS THEY CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION.IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT IF ANY CHARGES WILL BE FILED.WE WILL CONTINUE ASKING QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO LEARN MORE AS IT RELATES TO THE SHOOTING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY.THERE IS ALSO A VIGIL BEGINNING

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Investigators have no plans to file criminal charges against a man who shot and killed a 16-year-old Penn Hills student at a school playground earlier this year.The death of Deven Holloway appears to be the result of a self-defense situation, District Attorney Stephen Zappala said Wednesday.Holloway was found shot outside Linton Middle School on the afternoon of March 28. The shooter turned himself in for questioning later that day and was released by Allegheny County homicide detectives.Attorney Phil DiLucente has said that the shooter was defending himself and that he had a license to carry a firearm."He was attacked by someone who had a gun in their hand, and they did make contact with my client and he does have bruising from it," DiLucente said at the time.The shooting happened after students had been dismissed for the day. Police said Holloway was pronounced dead at the scene.The man who shot Holloway was at the school to play basketball, and he was with other people, according to his attorney. "All I can tell you at this juncture is that a situation developed that he didn't start and he didn't want to have to be a part of," DiLucente said.