PITTSBURGH — A jury acquitted a man who was accused of shooting a teenager in Downtown Pittsburgh.
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Police said Martel Hedge Junior shot the teen along Smithfield Street in February of last year.
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Hedge was charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person. During a trial on Monday, he was found not guilty of all charges.
Court documents say that Hedge said he shot the teen in self-defense after a group of them “jumped him.”
That shot put the teen in the hospital for weeks with damage to his kidney and liver.
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