Pittsburgh man accused of shooting at ATF agent indicted

A federal grand jury this week indicted a Pittsburgh man accused as part of a drug-trafficking street gang for shooting a federal agent during a June raid by law enforcement.

The indictment, returned Tuesday, charges 44-year-old Dion Williams with firing at an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on June 18 as authorities attempted to round up and arrest a dozen people suspected to be members of the 11 Hunnit gang.

Multiple indictments involving alleged members of 11 Hunnit have been returned in the past two years. A 2018 indictment tied the gang and its members – which allegedly included slain rapper Jimmy Wopo — to multiple homicides in Pittsburgh and across Allegheny County.

The June 2020 shooting happened about 6 a.m. at a home on Marion Street between Forbes Avenue and Watson Street in Pittsburgh’s Uptown section.

The agent, identified in the indictment by the initials C.W., was shot as he breached the door to the home. Williams faces federal firearms violations as well as assault with a deadly weapon.

“Violent drug-trafficking felons like (Williams) who brazenly use illegal firearms to shoot at law enforcement officers have no place in Western Pennsylvania,” U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said.

John Schmidt, acting special agent in charge of ATF’s Philadelphia field office, said that “while danger is an inherent part of our job as law enforcement officers, we take anyone who tries to kill a federal agent as a clear and present danger to not only law enforcement but the community as a whole.”