Public Safety Blotter Articles

Police Responded to Male Shot on Maple Avenue

Date: October 27, 2022
Incident Type: Shooting
Location: Zone 1
Summary:

Pittsburgh Police responded to a 7-round Shotspotter alert for the 2500 block of Maple Avenue around 6:15 p.m.

Responding Zone 1 officers located an adult male sitting in the grass with a gunshot wound to the right leg.

Two officers rendered aid, and applied a tourniquet on the victim before medics arrived.

The victim stated a dark colored SUV fired shots before it fled towards an unknown direction.

Medics transported the victim to a local hospital in stable condition.

The investigation is ongoing.


Reporting PIO:
Maurice Matthews

2022-10-27
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov