Public Safety Blotter Articles

Police Respond To A Male Shot on Rhine Place

Date: September 8, 2020
Incident Type: Shooting
Location: Zone 1
Summary:

Pittsburgh Police responded to 9-1-1 calls and a Shotspotter alert of 14 rounds for the 100 block of Rhine Place around 9:25 p.m.

Responding Zone 1 officers met a male with a gunshot wound to the leg on Rhine Street. The victim was in the process of being taken to the hospital by a private vehicle. Police rendered aid to the victim and applied a tourniquet to his leg. Medics transported the victim in stable condition.

Officers detained one male from the scene on Rhine Place. The investigation is on going.


Reporting PIO:
Maurice Matthews

2020-09-08
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov