Police and other emergency personnel from multiple jurisdictions converged on Kennywood Park late Saturday night Sept. 24, 2022, in West Mifflin, Pa., for reports of shots fired inside the sprawling amusement park. Several people, including two teenagers, were wounded by gunfire late Saturday at the amusement park southeast of Pittsburgh, which was kicking off a Halloween-themed festival. (Nate Guidry/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Nate Guidry

Kennywood officials gathered outside the park Wednesday morning to address safety concerns at the amusement park after a shooting Saturday night sent three people, including two teenagers to the hospital.

Kennywood general manager Mark Pauls and Evolv Technology vice president Rick Abraham discussed the security measures that were in place the evening of the shooting and the steps the park is now taking to make sure nothing like this will happen again.

“This is a weapons detection system, not a metal detection system,” Abraham said. “The technology is designed to allow people to walk through the system with the metal we know they have on them like smart phones and keys.”

Evolv Technology provides the weapons detection system that Kennywood uses at its security check-in points.

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