Man in stable condition following Perry South shooting
One person was in stable condition following a shooting Thursday in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood, police said.
Pittsburgh police were called to the 2000 block of Maple Avenue in Perry South around 6:15 p.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter alerted that detected seven shots fired.
They arrived to find a man sitting in the grass with a gunshot wound to his right leg. Police applied a tourniquet before medics arrived.
The man was transported to a local hospital in stable condition, police said.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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