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PITTSBURGH — A man is dead after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood Thursday night.
The shooting happened just before 10:45 p.m. in the 2100 block of Park Hill Drive.
When officers responded, they found a man who had been shot inside an apartment. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Source: Man shot, killed inside East Hills apartment – WPXI
State police have released new information about an overnight shooting in East Pittsburgh.
The victim told police four people surrounded his car on Western Avenue around 11 p.m. Wednesday night and opened fire on him.
He then drove to a Sunoco on Lincoln Highway and sought help from the gas station’s employees.The victim, who was not identified, suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and is expected to be OK.
So far, no arrests have been announced.
Source: Man drives to East Pittsburgh Sunoco for help after being shot
Ravil Maganov, 67, was being treated at the hospital after he suffered a heart attack.
Source: CEO of Russian oil company dies in fall from hospital window – The Washington Post
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 277,000 pickup trucks and cars in the U.S. because the rear view camera lens can get cloudy and reduce visibility for the driver.
The recall covers certain F-250, 350 and 450 trucks as well as the Lincoln Continental, all from the 2017 through 2020 model years. The recalled vehicles have a 360-degree camera system.
Ford says the anti-reflective lens on the cameras can degrade, causing a cloudy image. The company says it has more than 8,800 warranty reports in the U.S. due to the problem.
Dealers will replace the camera at no cost to owners. Ford will notify owners by letter starting Sept. 12.
Source: Ford pickup recall
“The Incredible Hulk” actor Lou Ferrigno shared a glimpse of what it’s like to be an honorary police officer and work on the job.
“Hulk” actor Lou Ferrigno shared a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it is like to be on a police “ride along,” after being named an honorary officer with the Syracuse (New York) Police Department.
The former bodybuilder is best known for his role as the ‘Hulk’ on the sci-fi TV series “The Incredible Hulk.”
Source: ‘Hulk’ actor Lou Ferrigno shares photo of police scene while serving as a reserve sheriff | Fox News
President Biden said the former Soviet leader had the “imagination to see that a different future was possible.”
Source: Putin, Biden and other leaders react to Mikhail Gorbachev death – The Washington Post
MT. OLIVER, Pa. (KDKA) — One person is dead after a shooting in the borough of Mt. Oliver.
Allegheny County police said officials were notified of a shooting on Dawes Street around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
First responders found a man who was shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
He was later identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 20-year-old Timothy Coates.
Police are investigating. It is not clear if there are any suspects.
PITTSBURGH —
A man was arrested following a burglary at the McDonald’s on the 500 block of Liberty Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said police got a call about a possible break-in at the restaurant around 1 a.m. Tuesday.
Responding officers found the front door shattered and a man inside going through the cash register.The man was arrested and taken to the Allegheny County Jail.
His identity has not been released.
Source: Man arrested following burglary at Downtown Pittsburgh McDonald’s
PITTSBURGH
— In August, sources tell Target 11 that as many as 100 of the approximately 830 Pittsburgh police officers couldn’t pass the state’s new firearms recertification test.
The municipal officers’ education and training commission changed the scoring this year, making it more difficult, according to some officers.
Officers must complete a short course and a long course. They shoot from distances as far as 75 feet and as close as three feet. They are also required to shoot while standing and while kneeling, and they must fire each round in a certain amount of time.
Sources tell Target 11 they don’t believe any officers will be fired over this.
Officers will go through retraining until they’re able to pass the test.
The city declined to release any numbers, and said we would have to file a right-to-know request, which 11 News has done.
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Source: Target 11 sources: As many as 100 Pittsburgh officers failed new firearms test – WPXI
PLUM, Pa. —A 1-year-old child was rushed to the hospital in critical condition Tuesday after falling from a window in Plum, police said.
Allegheny County police homicide detectives responded to a home on Winchester Avenue around 6:30 p.m. and are investigating the fall.
It’s unclear what lead up to this child’s fall or how many feet the child may have fallen.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is working to learn more about the child’s condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call Allegheny County Police at their tip line at 1-833-all tips.
Source: 1-year-old Plum Borough child in critical condition after fall
PITTSBURGH —
Allegheny County 911 dispatchers said one person was taken to the hospital following a crash on West Liberty Avenue.
The crash happened in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood between Saranac Avenue and Belle Isle Avenue.
The condition of the person taken to the hospital has not been released.
Source: 1 person taken to hospital following crash that snarled traffic on West Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh
An Irwin man pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge stemming from a 2017 fire at his former home in Youngwood.
Shaun Wallace, 41, was ordered to serve two years on probation and six months of house arrest for his involvement in the second of two fires police said were set at 222 S. 3rd St. on Sept. 8, 2017.
Felony counts of arson, reckless burning and risking catastrophe were dismissed as part of a plea deal approved by Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Tim Krieger
Source: Man enters guilty plea related to 2017 Youngwood house fire | TribLIVE.com
President Joe Biden is planning a Labor Day trip to Pittsburgh, the White House announced.
The location wasn’t specified, but in a statement, the White House on Monday said Biden “will deliver remarks to celebrate Labor Day and the dignity of American workers.”
Biden will also travel to Milwaukee that day.
Source: President Biden to visit Pittsburgh | TribLIVE.com
A man was hurt Friday after a witness said he tried to stop a motorist from leaving what was described as a road rage incident in a Hempfield shopping plaza, according to court papers.
State police made an arrest within 20 minutes after finding the suspect in Hempfield Plaza along Route 30. Derek R. Walters, 41, of Hempfield, is charged with aggravated assault by vehicle, reckless endangerment and related offenses.
Troopers were called at 10:30 a.m. and found the injured man being treated by Mutual Aid paramedics. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of road rash and a cut on his head, police said.
The man told investigators that Walters tried to pass him on Hempfield Plaza Boulevard, which runs behind Walmart and Sam’s Club, according to court papers. A confrontation between the two motorists ensued nearby in a parking lot and Walters retrieved a tire iron, which police said he used to hit the other man’s vehicle.
The injured man attempted to stop Walters from leaving the scene by holding on to his Jeep Cherokee but was dragged by the SUV as Walters drove away, according to court papers.
Source: Police: Man injured in Hempfield road rage incident | TribLIVE.com
The launch window opened at 8:33 a.m. EDT.
During a news conference hours after the space agency scrubbed the launch, officials confirmed that they are targeting Friday at the earliest but also warned that the launch could be delayed until September, The Associated Press reported.
In addition to an issue with the No. 3 engine not bleeding correctly, the weather was also a factor in the decision to postpone the launch, CNN reported.
“There were also a series of weather issues throughout the launch window. We would have been a no-go for weather at the beginning of the window due to precipitation. Later on in the window, we would have been no-go for lightning within the launchpad area,” Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission manager, said.
Source: Artemis I launch: Scheduled moon rocket launch scrubbed – WPXI
CANONSBURG, Pa. — A mother and father from Canonsburg have both been charged with homicide after their 3-month-old baby died from fentanyl toxicity, the Washington County District Attorney announced Monday.
James May, 31, and Shannon McKnight, 23, were arrested on Aug. 19 after officers found the couple in the rafters of an attic.
On Aug. 11, police were called for reports of a 3-month-old girl not breathing at a home on First Street.
The child was pronounced dead at the hospital. The district attorney said toxicology results showed positive results for fentanyl.The couple’s other child, a 16-month-old boy, was taken to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, where cocaine and fentanyl were found in his system.
Police said they found fentanyl and cocaine, along with other drug paraphernalia, in the house.
A preliminary hearing date has not yet been set.
Both May and McKnight were already facing charges of felony child endangerment and misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Source: Canonsburg parents charged with homicide after 3-month-old girl dies from fentanyl toxicity – WPXI
SPRINGFIELD, Pa. —
Three teenagers from the Pittsburgh area were taken to a hospital following a crash in Mercer County on Friday afternoon.
The crash happened along Tower Road in Springfield Township.
State police said it was raining at the time of the crash and the 18-year-old woman from Slippery Rock who was driving the vehicle was going too fast for the conditions.The vehicle slid off the road on a curve, hit a tree and then overturned.
The driver was taken to a hospital for medical evaluation.
Also taken to a hospital were the woman’s two passengers, a 19-year-old woman from West Newton and an 18-year-old woman from Pittsburgh.
None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.
Source: Three teenagers from the Pittsburgh area taken to the hospital following Mercer County crash
An East Huntingdon woman is accused by police of taking $13,500 from the YWCA Thrift Shop in Greensburg while she worked there, according to court papers.
Amy S. Yemc-Gera, 53, was in charge of making nightly deposits, police said. She is charged with theft and receiving stolen property.
An accountant for the YWCA told police that 43 cash deposits between May and August were missing after organization officials noticed a missing deposit earlier this month. YWCA officials said on each occasion Yemc-Gera was working and in charge of depositing the cash, according to court papers.
Officials told authorities that after the missing deposit was discovered, they contacted Yemc-Gera about the situation and she claimed to have misplaced the money, but found it and took it to the bank. There was never any record of a deposit, police said.
She worked there for two years. It was unclear if she was still an employee.
Source: East Huntingdon woman accused of $13,500 theft from Greensburg YWCA thrift shop | TribLIVE.com
An employee who attempted to disarm a gunman was among the victims of a shooting inside a Safeway supermarket in Bend, Oregon, police said Monday.
Two people were killed in the shooting Sunday evening, police said. The alleged gunman was also found dead inside the store of a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.
The two victims were identified Monday as 84-year-old Bend resident Glenn Edward Bennett and 66-year-old Donald Ray Surrett, a Bend resident and Safeway employee. Two others suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to Sheila Miller, communications director of Bend County Police Department.
The incident was reported just after 7 p.m. local time at The Forum Shopping Center in Bend, a small city about 130 miles southeast of Oregon’s capital, Salem.
A suspect swiped about $250 from a 64-year-old man in a wheelchair while the pair rode a bus on Staten Island on Aug. 13, according to the NYPD.
Source: New York City man steals $250 from 64-year-old victim in wheelchair | Fox News
Theaters want people to put away their Labor Day weekend picnic baskets and see a movie for just $3 or less on Sept. 3 in celebration of the first-ever National Cinema Day.
More than 3,000 movie theaters will participate in the one-day event, which will apply to tickets for all formats, including Imax. Circuits offering the special pricing include AMC Entertainment, Cinemark Theatres and the embattled Regal Cinemas.
The promotion is the brainchild of the Cinema Foundation, a new non-profit organization that’s affiliated with the National Association of Theatre Owners.
Source: Movie Theaters Offering $3 Tickets on Sept. 3 to Battle Box Office Blues – The Hollywood Reporter
BREAKING: A male is in serious condition after he was shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood West neighborhood.
Source: Male in serious condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood West neighborhood
At least one person has been taken to a hospital after a shooting in a Pittsburgh neighborhood.
Allegheny County dispatchers confirmed that police and medics were called to Brabec Street in Troy Hill at approximately 9:10 p.m. Sunday.
Police said they found a man suffering a gunshot wound to the chest and lower extremities when they arrived.
The man was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Source: At least 1 person hospitalized after shooting in a Pittsburgh neighborhood
Police are investigating a bank robbery that happened Friday morning in Brookline.
The man suspected in the robbery presented a note that demanded money and threatened to use a firearm, police said. He also verbally threatened to use a gun, but police said no firearm was seen.
Police said he left with an undisclosed amount of money. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police’s violent crimes unit is investigating the incident.
Source: Police investigating bank robbery in Brookline
LIGONIER, Pa. — One person was flown to a hospital after a crash in Westmoreland County.
Emergency crews were called to the accident on Route 30 in Ligonier at around 1:35 p.m.
PHOTOS: 1 person flown to hospital after Westmoreland County crash
Source: 1 person flown to hospital after Westmoreland County crash
The preseason is quickly winding down as the Pittsburgh Steelers look to finish undefeated heading into September.
The Steelers will have some massive roster decisions that will come down to the wire as well as a few position battles yet to be determined. With Detroit looking to play their starters for around a half, per their head coach Dan Campbell, this will be a nice final test for a young Steelers team.
Quarterback Battle Comes Down to the Wire
Whether you believe it or not, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has been firm that the Steelers starting quarterback battle is ongoing. Mitch Trubisky will get the nod to open the game while Kenny Pickett seems like the sure bet to follow while Mason Rudolph will likely get mop-up duty in the finale. While Trubisky has been solid, he hasn’t exactly done much to necessarily win the job and Pickett’s splendid performances have done nothing but close the gap between the two players.
For Trubisky, he likely doesn’t need a huge performance to come away with the starting gig. If he holds still and plays clean football, the job will likely be his, at least for now. Pickett has more pressure on him to do the spectacular as he’s looking to unseat Trubisky who’s taken the vast majority of number one reps since the spring. Both quarterbacks would benefit immensely from improved offensive line play and a competent run game, something Tomlin has alluded to multiple times in recent weeks.
Still have to think that the leash for Trubisky will be rather short even if he’s able to come away on top as the pressure of a first round pick is never going to be something you can completely dismiss. As for Pickett, you have to be encouraged so far by what you’ve seen as he’s been extremely decisive, poised and accurate in every appearance so far. That’s exactly what the Steelers were looking for when they took him in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft.
NORTH VERSAILLES, Pa. — A man is dead after a shooting at a hair salon in North Versailles, police say.
Emergency dispatchers confirm police and medics were called to the 400 block of Porter Street at around 4:47 p.m.
Police found a man suffering a gunshot wound to his torso at the Kingz and Queens Unisex Salon.
Source: 1 man killed in shooting at hair salon in North Versailles, police say – WPXI
JUST IN: A man was killed after his car crashed into a jersey barrier in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood Saturday.
According to Pittsburgh police, units were dispatched to the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Allegheny Avenue just after 9 p.m. for a single car crash.
Officials found a car crashed into a jersey barrier and an adult male inside with critical injuries. He was transported to the nearest hospital where he was later pronounced deceased, police said.
The man was later identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 30-year-old Anthony Nsemo.
Source: Man dead after crashing car into barrier in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood – WPXI
Prosecutors for the first time Friday publicly revealed an alleged motive in the fatal shooting of a New Kensington man in July.
Seven teens are charged in the death of Jason Raiford, 39.
Westmoreland County Detective Jason Napier testified during a preliminary hearing for four of them that some of the suspects indicated Raiford owed a couple members of the group money for past drug deals.
Source: Prosecutors claim New Kensington man’s death involving teens was over owed drug money | TribLIVE.com
