Troopers responded shortly before 2 a.m. to a report of gunshots near Library Street. Troopers found a man shot to death inside a vehicle at the scene.
Authorities identified the man as 52-year-old Henry Freeman. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The FBI offers advice on how to avoid being scammed this holiday season.
Here are some prevalent scams that people should watch out for this time of year:
Non-Delivery Scams – A buyer pays for goods or services they find online, but those items are never received.
Non-Payment Scams – Goods or services are shipped, but the seller is never paid.
Auction Fraud – Involves a seller deliberately misrepresenting the condition or quality of an item on an auction website.
Gift Card Fraud – Scammers can steal numbers and security codes from gift cards in stores and wait for them to be activated, or consumers can be asked to pay for goods or services with a pre-paid card.
In addition to these scams, people should be on the lookout for phishing, smishing, vishing, spoofing, and pharming while shopping for gifts online this holiday season.
A man told police that a stranger came up to him demanding his belongings. When the victim refused, the other man stabbed him.
A man was taken to the hospital after he told police he had been stabbed during an attempted robbery in downtown Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said the incident happened just before 1 p.m. in the 300 block of Third Avenue. A man told police that a stranger came up to him demanding his belongings. When the victim refused, the other man stabbed him.
The victim had stab wounds to his right hand and wrist as well as his left side. He was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
According to Public Safety, the victim could not provide a good description of the assailant or say where this alleged stabbing took place. Police could not locate a crime scene.
The Allegheny County medical examiner released the name of the man killed as Marc Kovach, of Pittsburgh. His family confirmed Kovach’s death, sharing photos of him with WTAE.
PITTSBURGH —
Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man was found dead outside a home in the city’s Elliott neighborhood.
Detectives were called to the 100 block of Steuben Street just before noon Thursday. Police said they had received reports of an unresponsive man outside a vacant residence.
The 37-year-old man was found near the front of the house, down steps that were not visible from the street. The victim had suffered multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Allegheny County medical examiner released the name of the man killed as Marc Kovach, of Pittsburgh. His family confirmed Kovach’s death, sharing photos of him with WTAE.
Three people were hurt in a shooting in a Pittsburgh neighborhood Sunday evening. Police say one of the them is hospitalized in critical condition.
When officers arrived, they found a male shot in the chest inside of a store on East Warrington Avenue. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
The spokesperson said two other males injured in the shooting were found at different locations. One was shot in the arm and dropped out of a vehicle by Arlington Avenue and William Street. The other was shot in the hip and nose and located on Dilworth Street. Both were taken to a hospital in stable condition.
The Pittsburgh Police Violent Crime Unit is investigating.
According to the now unsealed federal indictment, Prasad Margabandhu is charged with conspiracy to maliciously destroy property by fire as well as mail and bankruptcy fraud.
“Prasad is a known actor in our district here,” said Pittsburgh councilperson Bob Charland. “He owns a handful of properties both within the southside, Arlington and Oakland as well as outside of the district. I know he owns properties in Carrick as well. He is one of the worst property owners in the city of Pittsburgh, probably the worst,” said Charland.
PITTSBURGH — A mother was randomly shot at multiple times with her daughter in the backseat while trying to pull into their driveway on Cassina Way in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood.
They were on their way home after getting a bite to eat on Jan. 26 around 8:45 p.m.
“They just started opening fire and shooting,” Anderson tells Channel 11. “My daughter was screaming ‘go go go!’”
The man who killed a U-Haul clerk in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood in 2021 has been convicted of second-degree murder.
Braijon Burton, who was 21 at the time of the shooting, wanted to rent a truck but couldn’t afford to pay for it.
Jake Jaillet, 21, was killed in the shooting. He wasn’t even supposed to be at work the day he was shot and killed at his summer job.
Jaillet’s best friend testified they were both working at the store for the summer. The friend said he heard two gunshots and ran out of the business. He found Jaillet lying in the parking lot.
The friend then made a heartbreaking phone call to 911 as he applied pressure to Jaillet’s neck, asking dispatchers to send an ambulance.
One person has died after police say four males and two females were shot on the Mount Eden subway platform.
NEW YORK — One person was killed and five others were injured in shooting on a subway platform in the Bronx on Monday afternoon
It happened just after 4:30 p.m. on the 4 train platform at the Mount Eden subway station on Jerome Avenue.
The search is on for at least one suspect, CBS New York’s Naveen Dhaliwal reported. So far, no arrests have been made.
Police sources said one of the victims, a 34-year-old man who was believed to be an innocent bystander, was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
In addition, a 28-year-old man was shot in the right arm, a 29-year-old woman was shot in the face and neck, a 15-year-old male was shot in the thigh and ear, a 14-year-old female suffered a gunshot wound to foot, and a 71-year-old male was also wounded. All of the injured were listed in stable condition at various hospitals.
Pittsburgh police are investigating the deaths of two people who were found with gunshot wounds inside a car that crashed into a house Friday night.
Officers were called to the scene on Carver Street in the city’s Larimer neighborhood just before 7 p.m.
Two people, both male, were found unconscious inside the vehicle and pronounced dead by medics just before 7:10 p.m., police said.
The people who died have not been identified as the investigation continues.
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Two men were recently sentenced to lengthy prison terms in federal court in Pittsburgh for their convictions on drug charges.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release that Marco Galvez, 32, of Stockton, Calif., was sentenced to 13 years by District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand.
The conviction followed a nine-month investigation into drug trafficking in Clearfiled, Jefferson and Allegheny counties. The release said Galvez supplied at least 50 pounds of methamphetamine that was shipped from California and Nevada to Western Pennsylvania.
Latrobe City Police Chief Richard M. Bosco is urging residents to be more vigilant after law enforcement agencies recovered at least four vehicles that were recently stolen from the area.
Officials said the shooting happened early Sunday at a community center.
WHITE TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
State police said one person is dead and at least five other people are injured in a shooting at a party at a community center in White Township, Indiana County.
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The post to X, the website formerly known as Twitter, said the shooting happened at the Chevy Chase Community Center at approximately 12:35 a.m., and several people reportedly were injured by gunfire. The exact number and extent of their injuries are still unclear.
“From what we understand, there was a private party being hosted at the Chevy Chase community center this evening and during that party the shooting took place,” said Trooper Clifford Greenfield of the Pennsylvania State Police.
No suspects were in custody as of early Sunday morning.
The center is located on North 5th Avenue. State police are asking people to avoid the area.
According to its website, the non-profit center was built in 1971 in an effort to combat poverty and assist Indiana County residents.
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania said students had been asked to remain in a secure place and remain vigilant but said there is not a lockdown on campus.
About two hours after the stabbing, the suspect boarded a different PRT bus in Wilkinsburg, where the bus driver overheard him “boasting about the stabbing incident,” a spokesperson for PRT said.
Investigators said the man entered the Greengate Walmart with receipts and shopping bags on him and then went through the store, selecting items and concealing them in the bags.
Police said the man then went to the customer service center and claimed he had purchased the items and wanted to return them for cash.
After the refund transaction was carried out, police said asset protection associates confronted the man, who then ran off.
Anyone who knows who he is are asked to call state police in Greensburg at 724-832-3288.
Eight people were killed and 10 others were injured when a car plowed into pedestrians as they waited at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas.
The crash occurred at 8:29 a.m. Sunday near the Ozanam Center, according to Brownsville police. Some of the victims struck by the gray Range Rover were migrants under the care of Border Patrol, according to Brownsville police spokesman Martin Sandoval. Some were from Venezuela and all of the victims were males, Brownsville Police Chief Felix Sauceda said.
The SUV ran a red light, lost control and flipped on its side, Sauceda said at a news conference Monday.
The driver, 34-year-old George Alvarez, allegedly tried to flee the scene but was stopped by others, the chief said.
11 News first told you Wednesday that those on-again, off-again downtown county police patrols are now back on again.
“I think maybe for a few days they thought they had the full complement and decided you know maybe we’ll utilize the county police,” said Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald.
After about a month of assisting city police with downtown patrols, county executive Fitzgerald said county police were told they were not longer needed last week, but days after that, in a surprise and sudden reversal, the city recalled county police.
Sources told Target 11 that the city police administration decided to end the county patrols, without consulting with Mayr Gainey.
When he found out the patrols had been terminated, he immediately stepped in and asked the county to return.
Fitzgerald said they were happy to oblige.
“We will be down there a number of weeks, probably a couple of months,” said Fitzgerald.
The mayor had initially requested county police assistance to deal with a rise in crime downtown, coupled with a growing shortage of city police officers.
Many have either left or retired, and there’s been no new academy class in two years.
A husband and wife are dead after the Tuesday incident, police said.
Monroeville and Pitcairn police responded to a call for gunfire in the 400 block of Ashbury Court.
The driver of the vehicle, a 51-year-old woman, suffered gunshot wounds to the trunk and arm. She was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.
Police learned that the vehicle was associated with a residence in the 400 block of Ashbury Court. The SWAT team entered the home and found a 48-year-old male dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The man and woman were married and resided together in the home.
You’ve heard the saying, “Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet.” But what about bullets and baseball bats? A disturbing Target 11 Investigation reveals what some mail carriers are facing today.
Target 11 discovered more than 2600 mail carrier attacks in the United States during the past two years, with 170 arrow keys reported stolen.
But what’s worse, said Frank Albergo, a member of the Postal Police and the head of its national union? This explosion of violence and theft was encouraged by two very bad decisions by his own agency, the U.S. Post Office and the Postmaster General.
“It’s frustrating because I know postal police officers could make a difference. And a lot of this is unnecessary,” said Albergo.
So, what’s the problem?
And how could the U.S. Postal Service allow its own carriers to face this growing danger?
Thieves are after checks, account numbers and credit cards that they then sell on the internet.
Pittsburgh police on Friday charged four city teens with shooting an unconscious man with a BB gun multiple times while he laid in a Downtown alley in late November. The man later died from an unknown cause. Karmelo Harshey, 18; Isaiah Johnson, 16; Desmond Robinson, 15; and Lee Wilson, 16, each were charged Friday with aggravated assault, criminal attempt, recklessly endangering another person and one weapons charge each, according to court filings.
Cranberry Township police said a man was found inside the home with multiple gunshot wounds and later died at the hospital.
Amanda Hughes, 26, is charged with killing Anthony Dwayne Smith inside their rental home around midnight Saturday night heading into Sunday morning.
“The female involved in the incident stated that she had shot her boyfriend. Officers went to the residence, found male subject Anthony Smith with multiple gunshot wounds. They began to render aid. He was eventually transported by medical helicopter to Allegheny General, where he succumbed to his injuries,” Lt. Chuck Mascellino, Cranberry Township Police, told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4.
A group of South Side business owners used their time in front of state legislators Wednesday to lambaste previous efforts to curb violence and draw more daytime crowds to the neighborhood, saying the efforts are moot until leaders “let police do their jobs.”
“No matter what kind of marketing plan you guys want to do, it will not work if there are shootings and violence on the South Side,” said Rich Cupka, owner of South Side’s Cupka’s Café, Cupka’s II, and Cup Ka Joe.
The House Democratic Policy Committee heard from South Side business owners, community organizations and public safety officials during a two-hour policy hearing Wednesday at the American Serbian Club.
Mr. Cupka said dozens of meetings over recent years with South Side business owners, residents, and local politicians have resulted in little help for the neighborhood, specifically the entertainment district that is East Carson Street.
One police officer died and another was “seriously wounded” after a shooting in the city of McKeesport on Monday.
MCKEESPORT, Pa. (KDKA) — One officer was killed, another was wounded and a suspect was shot in McKeesport on Monday afternoon.
Allegheny County Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns said McKeesport officers were dispatched to Wilson Street around 12:11 p.m. for a domestic call and was warned the suspect was armed.
When officers got there, they found a suspect having a “mental health crisis,” Kearns said.
The suspect, later identified as Johnathan Morris, walked from Wilson Avenue to Grandview Avenue, and Kearns said when the suspect encountered the officers, he pulled out a handgun and shot them.
One of the officers was fatally wounded. Kearns said he was taken to UPMC but doctors couldn’t save his life. The second officer was critically wounded and flown to the hospital but is now in stable condition, Kearns said.
