Public Safety Blotter Articles

Police Respond to Woman Shot

Date: June 1, 2019
Incident Type: Shooting
Location: Zone 2
Summary:

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police officers from Zone 2, as well as investigators from the Major Crimes Unit, responded to a local hospital for a female victim with a gunshot wound just before 7:00 p.m.

The victim reported to police that she had been shot in the stomach by another female in an alleyway in the Uptown area of the city.

Just after 7:30 p.m., police took one adult female into custody in the 800 block of 5th Avenue. One firearm was recovered at that time.

The female has been detained for questioning.

The investigation continues.


Reporting PIO:
Cara Cruz

2019-06-01
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov