Pittsburgh Man Arrested After Chase, Crash, Attempted Carjacking

PITTSBURGH, PA — An armed McKeesport man wearing body armor was arrested after an attempted carjacking and police chase. Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus said in a Thursday statement that Tyler Stewart, 22, was taken into custody Wednesday evening.

A deputy on patrol attempted to stop Stewart's vehicle after observing it speeding and traveling erratically on Bausman Street. The attempt resulted in a pursuit that began along Saw Mill Run Boulevlard, continued onto Crane Avenue and Banksville Road and ended when Stewart crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of Banksville and McMonagle.

The other driver suffered a broken pelvis.

Stewart then fled on foot into the Banksville Plaza parking lot, where he allegedly and unsuccessfully attempted to carjack a vehicle by trying to pull an elderly man out of a sedan. Witnesses tacked Stewart, who then was taken into custody by sheriff's deputies and city police officers.

A search of Stewart's Jeep revealed handgun with a loaded clip, an assault style weapon with a loaded clip and other items in addition to the body armor that Stewart was wearing when he was arrested.

Stewart faces more than a dozen criminal charges and is being housed in the county jail. He also is facing detainers on active bench warrants from Allegheny, Butler and Westmoreland counties.