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1 man killed, 2 others injured in shooting, Pittsburgh police say
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- An active police investigation is underway in Pittsburgh.Just before 8 p.m. Saturday, Pittsburgh police and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Marion Street along the Crawford-Roberts and Bluff neighborhood border for a 10-round ShotSpotter alert.Three victims with gunshot wounds were found in the street. One man was transported to an area hospital in grave condition. He was pronounced deceased at the hospital, according to a report from Pittsburgh Public Safety.Another man and a woman were transported to a local hospital in critical condition with "significant injuries." Both victims were immediately taken into surgery, police added.Witnesses told police that an altercation occurred on Fifth Avenue before a man shot the three victims. Witnesses said the suspect fled on foot, heading north on Vine Street toward Colwell Street.The investigation is ongoing.
1 dead, 3 hurt in 3-vehicle crash on Mosside Boulevard in Monroeville
Aug. 30—A woman died after a three-vehicle crash in Monroeville Friday morning, Allegheny County Police said. The crash involving a tractor-trailer with an oversized load, a car and a minivan was reported shortly after 9 a.m. in the 2100 block of Mosside Boulevard. According to county police, the tractor-trailer and car were heading north on Mosside when the car slowed to make a left turn into ...
Pittsburgh resale business owner convicted of selling $4.3M worth of stolen retail items
The owner of a resale business in Pittsburgh was convicted of running a lucrative interstate fencing operation involving the sale of hundreds of thousands of stolen retail items.
2 men arrested after multiple search warrants turn up drugs, guns in Aliquippa
Two men were arrested after several search warrants were executed throughout Aliquippa during August. Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver County said members of the Beaver County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, as well as DEA, Attorney General’s Office Narcotics Unit and District Attorney’s Office detectives, have been conducting various drug investigations throughout Aliquippa and Ambridge during the month. The investigations were a direct result of gang violence and homicides that have happened in Aliquippa, state police said. Investigators have focused on the violent incidents in the Valley Terrance and Main Street areas. >> Man shot at during argument outside apartment building in Aliquippa, police looking for suspect
All charges against man accused of killing his girlfriend in Aliquippa alley held for court
"I think it was far more difficult for him to face us than my daughter to face him. She was not afraid of him and that’s what drove him crazy and ultimately led to her death,” said Trey Willis, Treonna Washington’s father.
Man sentenced for killing constable working at Pittsburgh club
Aug. 29—Oneka Jones believes her son was born to be a protector. Willis D. Brooks worked as a school security guard and hoped to one day become a Pittsburgh police officer. He also was a certified state constable and worked security at an after-hours club in Knoxville. It was at that club, Nerdz Lobbi, more than two years ago, that Brooks, 32, of Duquesne, lost his life. Around 2:40 a.m., as ...
Man arrested after alleged crime spree stretches from Mall at Robinson to airport
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man is accused of crashing his truck into JCPenney at the Mall at Robinson before setting his vehicle on fire at the airport in a bizarre crime spree on Tuesday morning. It started when Rockey Ruffner allegedly drove his pick-up truck into the glass doors at JCPenney. He then trashed a business and dined and dashed before setting the vehicle on fire at Pittsburgh International Airport. According to police paperwork, Ruffner drove across the mall's parking lot to JDM Structure, vandalizing everything from furniture to fire pits to tipping a portable toilet. Sales manager Joe Zaletski says he estimates...
Two-vehicle collision in Heidelberg Township leaves one dead, another hospitalized
A fatal two-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of Penn Avenue (SR 422) and Big Spring Road in Heidelberg Township on Thursday afternoon, August 29, 2024. The South Heidelberg Police Department responded to the scene at approximately 4:35 PM. The crash, which took place in the eastbound lane of Penn...
UPDATE: POLICE IDENTIFY MAN AND WOMAN WHO LED THEM ON HIGH-SPEED CHASE
State police have identified the Allegheny County man and woman who stole a vehicle at the White Township Walmart store late Friday afternoon and led them on a pursuit into Armstrong County, where they were finally stopped by troopers using a PIT maneuver on Route 422 in Plumcreek Township. 34-year-old...
Men avoid retrial, enter pleas in slaying of Penn Hills teenager
Aug. 30—Two men accused of killing a Penn Hills teenager more than three years ago avoided a retrial this week by entering a new plea. Deontae Nalls, 24, of Plum, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder on Wednesday, while Daeshuan Smith, 23, of Penn Hills, entered no-contest plea to a charge of conspiracy to commit third-degree murder. The men were charged in the 2021 shooting death of Darin ...
North Braddock Woman Arrested by Allegheny County Sheriff for Probation Violation, Previously Convicted for Pellet Gun Shooting
Allegheny County Sheriff’s detectives apprehended 26-year-old Cecilia Littlejohn on Friday, a woman previously convicted of shooting a person with a pellet gun. According to WPXI, Littlejohn, a resident of North Braddock, had been at large since February for violating her probation in connection with the shooting incident. Littlejohn was...
Group of Jewish students attacked at Pitt, officials say
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A person is accused of attacking a group of Jewish students with a bottle on the University of Pittsburgh's campus on Friday.In a statement, Pitt spokesperson Jared Stonesifer said a person with no known affiliate to the university was arrested in connection with the incident. Two students were treated at the scene after the attack near the Cathedral of Learning, according to the statement. Their conditions were not immediately known.The spokesperson said the university called the Hillel University Center after the incident to "offer support to our students and also connected with our partners at the Jewish...
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