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Police: Man with stolen gun arrested in Pittsburgh neighborhood following uptick in violence
Officers with Pittsburgh’s Violence Prevention Unit and Narcotics detectives made an arrest Wednesday while working in North Homewood. Police said the officers and detectives were working in North Homewood due to a recent uptick in violence. They stopped Zyjuan Newton, 18, at Sterrett Street and Hermitage Street around 9:30 p.m. after recognizing him as someone who is not allowed to possess a weapon, according to police. During a search, detectives recovered a stolen gun.
Woman taken to hospital after being shot in West Oakland
PITTSBURGH - A woman was taken to the hospital after being shot in the buttocks in West Oakland. According to Pittsburgh Police, officers were called to the 2500 block of Wadsworth Street around 12:30 a.m. for a report of trespass/mischief call. The scene was cleared when officers learned that the suspect was gone from the area. Just after 1 a.m., a man called the police back to the same address after reporting he fired multiple rounds at another person, who came back to the residence. A short time later, a woman with a gunshot wound to the buttocks returned to her home on Ashlyn Street in Sheraden. EMS transported her to the hospital in stable condition.
Woman accused of starting apartment fire at Allegheny Commons
PITTSBURGH — Crews responded to a fire in an apartment at Allegheny Commons just before 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. According to Public Safety officials, a female resident faces arson charges for the one-alarm fire in the 200 block of E Ohio Street. She was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.