Dive Brief:

• Pittsburgh announced the suspension of its waste collection services on Tuesday as employees attend the funeral of a co-worker killed on Monday just before his shift started.
• Omar Hodges was shot as he sat in his car as he waited to meet the garbage truck to begin collections for the day.
• Hodges had been employed by the city since January 2013.

Dive Insight:

Police officials said a person or people opened fire, hitting the vehicle numerous times, with at least one shot hitting Hodges. The vehicle was parked in an area where it was usual for sanitation workers to drive to meet the waste truck in order to start their shifts, according to the public safety spokesperson Sonya Toler.