Joe Moton said he is tired of funerals, even as his family prepares for services for his late wife's grandson, who was gunned down early yesterday outside a Washington, Pa., bar that often has been at the center of violent activity in the city.

"I'm trying to hold on, day by day," Mr. Moton, 73, said to reporters yesterday outside his East Canton home.

His wife's grandson, Troy L. Saunders Jr., 23, was one of three people shot around closing time yesterday outside the Cabaret West bar in the 700 block of Chestnut Street, said Washington police Lt. Daniel Stanek.

The bar was closed at 2:15 a.m., the time the shooting was reported, though people still were inside.

Police said multiple shots had been fired. Investigators recovered shell casings from at least two different types of bullets.

Mr. Saunders, after being mortally wounded, ran about a half block from the bar before he collapsed. The father of two was pronounced dead at Washington Hospital.

Two other people, a man and a woman, were found wounded in front of the bar, police said. Police had not released their identities yesterday. They were flown to UPMC Presbyterian, Lt. Stanek said. Their conditions were not available yesterday.

A silver or gray sedan was seen leaving the scene, but police do not know if it contained possible suspects or people fleeing the scene, the lieutenant said. No arrests had been made yesterday.

The fatal shooting is the third serious emotional blow to the Saunders family, Mr. Moton said.

Last week, his wife, Florence, was buried. He did not discuss her cause of death.

Mr. Moton's niece, Teirra Walker, was killed in an early morning crash Jan. 18 on the Homestead Grays Bridge in Pittsburgh.

Around 4 a.m. yesterday Mr. Moton was awakened by his stepson, Troy Saunders Sr., who was distraught and numbed into silence after he broke the news.

"I was asleep, and he came to my door and said, 'He's dead, Pappy. He's dead.' And that's all he was able to say," Mr. Moton said.

Since the family tragedies began, Mr. Moton said he has leaned more on his fellow members of the men's choir at Friendship Baptist Church in Washington.

"That helps keep me going," he said. "[Florence] wouldn't want me to give up."

His neighbor, Ron "Country" Simons, watched sorrowfully as Mr. Moton spoke.

"This has been a really bad year for this family. I watched [Troy Jr.] grow up. He used to visit his grandmother here a lot," Mr. Simons said. "It's bad. My heart goes out to them."

The Cabaret West was not open yesterday afternoon. The owner could not be reached for comment.

Her business neighbor, Marty Steele, owner of the New Tower Restaurant, said the bar has been a nuisance to his enterprise.

Mr. Steele complained about bar patrons who use his parking lot, which abuts the lot to Cabaret West.

He said a few years ago, an errant bullet, fired from the direction of the bar, pierced a plate glass window of his restaurant, though no one was injured.

Of the shooting yesterday, Mr. Steele said, "It's predictable. It's not the first time. It's not going to be the last."

Mr. Moton said his step-grandson had two children, a son, 3, and a daughter, 1.

Last March 3, Mr. Saunders was charged with criminal trespass and defiant trespass in Washington. He had been free on bail and was awaiting trial on the charges when the shooting occurred early yesterday.

In December 2007, a warrant was obtained by state police to arrest Mr. Saunders on a parole violation involving drug possession charges.

The district attorney's office chose not to prosecute Mr. Saunders for his July 2007 arrest on charges of assault, kidnapping, making terroristic threats and for carrying a pistol as a convicted felon in connection with a carjacking.

In October 2006 he pleaded guilty to drug possession charges. His sentence was unclear in court records.

In March 2005 he was charged with receiving stolen property, a charge to which he pleaded guilty.