Morning Roundup: Stolen guns recovered in Homewood traffic stop; 5 injured in Parkway East crash
Here are a few news items for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.
Stolen guns recovered in Homewood traffic stop
A man and two juveniles were arrested after a traffic stop yielded drugs and multiple weapons, including two handguns that had been reported stolen.
Pittsburgh police said officers were patrolling in Homewood on Monday following a non-fatal shooting. Shortly after 10 p.m., they said they pulled over a car for multiple traffic violations on Bennett Street near Brushton Avenue.
Officers found three guns — two handguns reported stolen, and a polymer-based “ghost gun” with no serial number.
The vehicle’s driver was cited for marijuana possession, and passenger Tyshawn Morton, 18, of Pittsburgh was charged with carrying an unlicensed firearm, receiving stolen property, resisting arrest, prohibited acts and carrying a loaded gun.
Morton was released on bail and faces a Sept. 18 preliminary hearing in Pittsburgh Municipal Court.
5 injured in Parkway East crash
Five people were transported to area hospitals following a crash Tuesday night in the Parkway East’s outbound lanes.
First responders were called to Interstate 376 on the Pittsburgh side of the Squirrel Hill Tunnels shortly before 9:30 p.m., according to TribLive news partner WTAE.
The extent of their injuries was not disclosed.
No injuries reported in Shaler fire
Allegheny County 911 officials said no one was transported from a fire late Tuesday night on Mount Vernon Drive in Shaler.
Officials from the Cherry City Volunteer Fire Co. said they responded just before 9 p.m. and found a working garage fire.
Multiple crews on scene held the fire to just the garage.
Arrest in Clairton shooting
Allegheny County Police have arrested a Pittsburgh man in connection with shooting Sunday.
James Reese, 36, turned himself in at the Clairton district court Tuesday, police said. He is charged with aggravated assault, two counts each of terroristic threats and simple assault, four counts of reckless endangering and possession of instruments of crime.
First responders were called shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday to the intersection of North Fourth Street and Carnegie Avenue, where they found a driver who’d been shot in the leg. Police said Reese got out of another vehicle to fire the shots. The victim struck Reese while trying to drive away from the gunfire.
The driver was treated and released from a local hospital.
His bail was set at $50,000 unsecured, and a Sept. 17 preliminary hearing is scheduled in Judge Armand Martin’s Clairton court.
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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