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CRIME & SAFETY
Man shot in neck after 'altercation' in Pittsburgh Giant Eagle parking lot
PITTSBURGH — A man was shot in the neck in the parking lot of a Pittsburgh Giant Eagle early Friday morning. Pittsburgh police were called to the 300 block of Cedar Avenue in East Allegheny after a ShotSpotter alert. There, authorities found a man with a gunshot wound. Officials...
Driver transporting body to Pittsburgh funeral home finds the person still alive
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A driver learned the person they were transporting to the funeral home was not dead. The driver picked up the wrong person at Shadyside Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh's Shadyside neighborhood. While en route to the funeral home, the driver realized the person was alive. "You would hate that to be you're relative and you're going to have questions about your loved one and their safety with a situation like this," one person said. "How do you mess up something like that?"That's the question on everyone's minds, and one the spokesperson for the center won't answer, along...
Two Men's Bodies Pulled From Creek In PA Park: Police
The department's Homicide Unit was called to Moon Township around 4:05 p.m. on June 28 after 911 received a call "of a body floating in the Montour Run Creek near the Montour Run Trail," police detailed in the release. After first responders spotted the dead man "floating in approximately 6...
Westmoreland County coroner: Woman identified who died in Lower Burrell porch fire
Firefighters rope off the property in the 200 block of Donnell Road in Lower Burrell while responding to a call of a person on fire shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, June 28, 2024. Louis Ruediger | TribLive. A woman died after suffering burns in a porch fire Friday night...
Man dead after suspected drowning in Monongahela River
POINT MARION, Pa. — A 50-year-old man died in a suspected drowning in Point Marion, according to the Fayette County coroner. The coroner's office reports Larry Greene of Bobtown was pronounced dead at 8:28 p.m. Though it is believed Greene drowned, the Fayette County coroner says an official cause...
A new voicemail scam is targeting people in the Pittsburgh area
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A new voicemail scam is hoping to trick you into giving away your personal information.If it has not already happened, your phone will likely ring. But a scammer is on the other line. L. Renee Miller, of Brackenridge, did not answer at first, but the voicemail intrigued her. "I'm calling because it looks like you might have outstanding taxes on your record," the voicemail said. "I was like, what are they talking about?" Millers said. "So, like I know that I don't know taxes. But just the way of the wording in the voicemail made me like stop and...
Stowe Woman Accused of Attempting to Smuggle Drug-Soaked Documents into Pittsburgh Court
A Stowe woman, Alisha Hunt, has been charged with attempting to sneak contraband to her boyfriend during his court appearance in downtown Pittsburgh. According to a TribLIVE report, Hunt delivered an envelope full of paperwork, suspected of being soaked with synthetic cannabinoids, to a third party outside Pittsburgh Municipal Court before her boyfriend's hearing.
On murder-by-immigrant story, Summer Lee alienates her constituents
PITTSBURGH — Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), whose district covers the entire city limits of Pittsburgh, told a reporter on Wednesday as she walked down the halls of the Cannon House Office Building that because she lives here, she has no knowledge of a national news story. Lee was asked by a reporter yesterday if she […]
‘It’s unsettling’: Task force created after string of violence, attacks in Downtown Pittsburgh
After recent violence and random attacks in Downtown Pittsburgh, the public safety director is creating a task force that includes city and county leaders to focus on the state of downtown.
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