PITTSBURGH -- Two men were shot to death in the eastern and northern parts of Pittsburgh Sunday night, prompting Mayor Luke Ravenstahl to say the city must "get moving" with its new anti-crime initiative.

Pittsburgh police said 23-year-old Eric Frazier was killed at a home in the 1900 block of Remington Drive in the East Hills neighborhood shortly after 10 p.m.

Police said Frazier answered a knock at the door and was immediately shot in the abdomen.

He died at the scene.

In a separate incident, 30-year-old Jason Brown was slain in the 2900 block of North Charles Street in the Perry South neighborhood.

Brown was shot in the head as he sat on the stairs outside his mother's home. Police found him after he stumbled into a nearby jitney stand.

On Wednesday, Pittsburgh police announced they had obtained an arrest warrant for 22-year-old Devon Shealey in connection with Brown's shooting. Investigators say Shealey will be charged with criminal homicide and carrying a firearm without a license when he's arrested.

Detectives are still investigating both cases.

"Frustrating, upset, unacceptable," Ravenstahl said Monday. "Just addressed it this morning, in fact, and said we need to get moving."

Brown and Frazier's killings are the fourth and fifth in the city of Pittsburgh in the last week alone.

There have been a total of 54 homicides in Pittsburgh this year -- putting the city on pace to eclipse its most violent year when 68 people were killed in 2003.

Ten days ago, the city unveiled its latest anti-crime program -- the Pittsburgh Initiative to Reduce Crime -- based on the "Boston Miracle" model that has been called a success in that city.

"We need to eliminate gun violence. Any life that is lost is one that should not be. There are ways and means to try to curtail this issue, and we are working on it," Ravenstahl said Monday.

In February, churches throughout the city formed 52 Weeks of Peace in an effort to curb violence by educating the community and encourage people to come forward anonymously with information about crimes.

"They're not overnight projects but people have to give everything a chance," said Richard Garland of One Vision One Life.

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