PITTSBURGH — A student is in custody and a staff member has been transported to a hospital after an incident this morning at Oliver Citywide Academy.
Pittsburgh Public Schools confirmed police are investigating an assault at the school, a special education center in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood that serves students in grades 3-12.
Police sources confirmed to 11 News that the staff member who was assaulted is a teacher at the school.
A Channel 11 crew saw an ambulance in front of the school in addition to a school police cruiser parked in front.
Source: Student in custody, staff member taken to hospital after assault at Pittsburgh school