Crime & Safety
1 Dead, 1 Critically Injured In Violent Pittsburgh Incident
Pittsburgh police are investigating a deadly incident in a normally quiet city neighborhood on Thursday. Get the details here.
PITTSBURGH, PA — A man is dead following a Thursday morning incident in Banksville that also left a woman severely injured.
Just after 9:45 a.m., city police responded to a residence in the 2600 block of Winchester Drive for reports of a female who had been assaulted.
Inside the home, officers located a woman with significant facial lacerations and injuries. Pittsburgh EMS took her to the hospital in critical condition.
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During a protective sweep of the residence, police located a man on the second floor with a gunshot wound to the head. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office has yet to release the identity of the dead man.
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Crime Scene Unit detectives processed evidence and Violent Crime Unit detectives will continue with the investigation.
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