Man arrives at hospital with gunshot wound after police get call for shots fired in Uptown
Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound.
Police said officers were dispatched just before 9:30 a.m. Sunday after a ShotSpotter alert was issued for five rounds in the 1700 block of Fifth Avenue in the city’s Uptown neighborhood.
A short time later, a man arrived at a hospital emergency room with a gunshot wound to his left leg.
The man was in stable condition, police said.
No further information was immediately available.
Brian C. Rittmeyer is a TribLive reporter covering news in New Kensington, Arnold and Plum. A Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, Brian has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.
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