Crime & Safety
Suspect Arrested In Fatal Pittsburgh Stabbing
A Pittsburgh woman has been charged with stabbing another woman to death early Monday.
PITTSBURGH, PA — Police have arrested a woman in connection with the stabbing death of another woman early Monday in Homewood West.
Just before 5:00 a.m., police were dispatched to the 6800 block of Lyric Street for reports of a
stabbing. Arriving officers located a woman inside a residence with a stab wound to her chest, possibly after an altercation.
Officers attempted to render aid until medics arrived, but Raneisha Scott, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Pittsburgh Public Safety on Tuesday announced that Maurissa Plummer, 21, has been arrested and charged with criminal homicide. She is being housed in the Allegheny County Jail.
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