Sheraden standoff ends in arrest
Pittsburgh police SWAT officers arrested a man wanted on felony assault charges who had barricaded himself inside a house in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood for several hours early Wednesday.
Police responded to a home in the 2900 block of Sheraden Boulevard around 2 a.m. for a report of a domestic dispute. Upon arriving, a man barricaded himself inside the house, police said.
George Wray, 56, of Sheraden, surrendered around 5 a.m. after police said they would send a police dog into the house, according to a criminal complaint.
Police said no one else was inside the home.
Court documents showed Wray was wanted on a felony warrant for aggravated assault issued Nov. 2, in connection with a separate domestic incident in which police said Wray struck a woman in the head with a stick.
A date for a preliminary hearing has not yet been set, according to court records.
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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