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Police Responded To a Shotspoter Alert In Mt. Washington

Date: August 19, 2020
Incident Type: Fatal Shooting
Location: Zone 3
Summary:

Pittsburgh Police responded to a Shotspotter alert for the 500 block Norton Street around 7 p.m.

Responding officers from Zone 3 discovered a vehicle that had been struck by a round.

While officers were investigating the scene, they were alerted to a walk-in gunshot wound victim at a nearby hospital. The victim was pronounced deceased after arriving at the hospital.

Police are investigating.


Reporting PIO: Maurice Matthews

2020-08-19
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov