Man shot in Pittsburgh's North Side
A man was shot and wounded Tuesday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s North Side.
Just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, Pittsburgh police, firefighters and EMS responded to the 900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in the city’s Manchester neighborhood for a ShotSpotter alert about shots fired.
First responders found an adult male victim with a gunshot wound to the upper-left chest area. He was taken by medics to an area hospital in critical condition.
There are no arrests at this time, police said. The bureau’s violent crime unit is investigating.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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