Public Safety Blotter Articles

Police Investigate After Juvenile Male Shot and Killed in Zone 3

Date: February 7, 2023
Incident Type: Homicide
Location: Zone 3
Summary:

At approximately 5:10 p.m., Pittsburgh Police from Zone 3 responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 200 block of Beltzhoover Avenue.

Arriving units located a  juvenile male victim with a gunshot wound to the chest in the area of Loyal Way and Harcourt Way. Medics transported him in critical condition and he was pronounced deceased at the hospital a short time later. 

There is no description of a suspect or suspects at this time.

Violent Crime Unit detectives are investigating. 


Reporting PIO:
Cara Cruz

2023-02-07
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov


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