‘Help us find this individual’: Pittsburgh Antique Shops requests public help following incident
IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL, JUST AHEAD OF AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY. A U.S. ARMY VETERAN INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND HIS FAMILY RECEIVING A SPECIAL GIFT. ABC’S OLIVIA RUBIN WAS THERE FOR THE BIG REVEAL. A DREAM COMING TRUE FOR CAPTAIN LUIS AVILA AND HIS WIFE, CLAUDIA. HE’S ALL YOURS. THANK YOU. THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION AND WELLS FARGO TEAMING UP AT AMERICA’S BALL FOR THE MALL GALA IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TO PRESENT THE AVILA WITH A SURPRISE GIFT. AN ACCESSIBLE CAR. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH A AN ADAPTED VEHICLE TO HELP MEET HIS AND HIS FAMILY’S NEEDS. THE DONATION IS A BLESSING FOR LUIS, WHO SERVED FIVE COMBAT TOURS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. HIS LIFE ALTERED IN 2011, AN IED EXPLOSION LEAVING HIM ALMOST COMPLETELY PARALYZED, UNABLE TO JUST SIT NEXT TO HIS WIFE IN A CAR. HE TRULY IS A HERO. ON BEHALF OF AMERICA. BUT THIS GIFTED SUV, CUSTOM DESIGNED FOR CAPTAIN LUIS. I DON’T WANT TO CRY, BUT IT’S PRICELESS. YES. I LIKE THAT ONE. IT’S LIFE CHANGING. IT IS ABSOLUTELY A CHANGE IN LIFE. YES. THERE COULDN’T BE A MORE DESERVING FAMILY. THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION HAS A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AVILA FAMILY, GIVING THEM AN ACCESSIBLE SMART HOME. IN 2016. NOT HAVE TO SACRIFICE BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE SOMETHING ADAPTIVE IS A IS A HUGE QUALITY OF LIFE. YOU KNOW, I’M IT’S BEEN 19 YEARS SINCE I WAS WOUNDED. AND IT’S A REMINDER THAT THESE WOUNDS ARE LIFELONG. FOR CLAUDIA, SHE TELLS ME THE DONATIONS MEAN ONE THING. FREEDOM. WHAT DOES IT BRING? WELL, FOR MANY PEOPLE, THAT ONE IS JUST. MAYBE A VEHICLE FOR US. IT’S REALLY A GOLDEN GIFT. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TO MY HUSBAND INDEPENDENCE, MOBILITY AND FREEDOM. AND TOGETHER, THEY REMAIN GRATEFUL. IT IS LIKE WE ALWAYS SAY. IS THAT RIGHT? ONE DAY. ABOVE GROUND. EVERY DAY. ANY DAY ABOVE GROUND IS A GREAT DAY. IS THERE AND WE DON’T SEE THE DISABILITIES. WE ONLY SEE THE POSSIBILITIES. AND EVEN MORE POSSIBILITIES AHEAD. NOW WITH DRIVING TO ERRANDS, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND FAMILY OUTINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER. OLIVIA RUBIN, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. TRULY INCREDIBLE STUFF. CLOSE TO HOME VETERANS AND OTHERS IN NEED GOT HELP AT A ONE STOP SHOP FOR RESOURCES THIS WEEKEND. THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS GROUP SET UP A RESOURCE FAIR IN PITTSBURGH’S BLUFF NEIGHBORHOOD. VETERANS, HOMELESS AND OTHERS IN NEED RECEIVE MEDICAL SUPPORT, FOOD AND INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING. SHEPHERD’S HEART VETERANS HOME HELPS PROVIDE VETERANS WITH A CLEAR PATH FORWARD, HELPING TO EASE THE STRAIN OF DAY TO DAY LIFE. AS A VETERAN MYSELF, I ALWAYS WANT TO HELP OTHER VETERANS. SUICIDE IS A VERY REAL PROBLEM, AND WITH THE RESOURCES HERE, THIS HELPS IN PREVENTING SUICIDE. THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY SEE THAT WHEN THEY COME HERE, THAT IT’S A SAFE PLACE, THAT THEY’RE GOING TO GET THEIR NEEDS MET, AND THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH THE CARE AND DIGNITY THAT OFTENTIMES GETS OVERLOOKED BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THEY’RE IN. ACCORDING TO SHEPHERD’S HEART, ABOUT 33% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN PITTSBURGH ARE U.S. VETERANS. NEWS, WEATHER, AND SPORTS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR SUNDAY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. A MAN SHOT DEAD BY SECRET SERVICE AFTER OPENING FIRE NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO IN WASHINGTON. HONORING FALLEN HEROES STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE TRIBUTE AT ONE LOCAL CEMETERY THIS WEEKEND AHEAD OF MEMORIAL DAY AND BRIDGES TO IRELAND. FROM BLACK AND GOLD TO GREEN, WHITE AND ORANGE. THE REASON BEHIND A SUDDEN COLOR CHANGE FOR PITTSBURGH’S SISTER BRIDGES. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING. IT’S JUST ABOUT 9:00. I’M CARLOS FLORES, AND WE HAVE TO KICK THINGS OFF WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED, WHERE THE CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. IT LOOKS LIKE WE’RE KIND OF OUT OF THE RAIN, BUT IT’S COMING BACK. WE DO HAVE MORE SHOWERS COMING OUR WAY, AND WE CAN’T SEEM TO LOSE THEM COMPLETELY HERE FOR THIS MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. BUT THE TIMING ACTUALLY ON OUR SIDE LATER FOR THE BEST RAIN CHANCES OF THE DAY RIGHT NOW ON THE RADAR, A LITTLE BIT OF A THICKER CLOUD DECK TRYING TO STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST. THAT IS BRINGING A FEW SPRINKLES ALONG FOR THE RIDE. HARDLY A SHOWER RIGHT NOW. TAKING AIM AT PORTERSVILLE COMING OUT OF BEAVER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES NOW JUST CROSSING TOWARDS I-79 IN BUTLER COUNTY. BUT A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE TRYING TO POKE THROUGH THOSE CLOUDS. WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK OVER DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY EASING CLOSER TO 60 DEGREES. A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE COMING IN ON THE EAST SOUTHEAST RIGHT NOW IN YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES. WE WILL SEE MORE RAIN COMING IN LATER IN THE DAY. OVERALL, OUR SHOWER CHANCES BETWEEN ABOUT NOW AND 2:00 WILL BE PRETTY HIT OR MISS. ISOLATED LIGHT IN NATURE. BUT AS WE APPROACH DINNERTIME, CERTAINLY SUNDOWN, THAT’S WHEN THE RAIN WILL FILL IN IN COVERAGE BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD, EVEN HEAVY AT TIMES AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. WITH THAT, THERE IS A LIMITED FLASH FLOODING RISK, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRETTY WELL SATURATED. WITH FRIDAY NIGHT’S RAIN. STILL, TOMORROW, THE PEAK OF OUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, THE RAIN WILL BE OUT. JUST SOME PATCHY FOG AROUND 8:00 TOMORROW MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY, 75 AT NOON, AND TEMPERATURES WILL INCH INTO THE UPPER 70S IN TIME FOR YOUR COOKOUTS TOMORROW, AND TEMPERATURES KEEP ON IN THE 70S, EVEN APPROACHING 80 THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. MORE OF THOSE DETAILS FOR YOU IN A FEW MINUTES IN YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST. BREAKING NEWS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT, A MAN OPENS FIRE NEAR A WHITE HOUSE SECURITY CHECKPOINT THAT ARMED SUSPECT FATALLY SHOT BY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, JACKIE DEFUSCO JOINS US FROM THE DC BUREAU TO BREAK DOWN WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, JACKIE, THE WHITE HOUSE WENT INTO LOCKDOWN ON SATURDAY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP SAFELY INSIDE AFTER A SHOOTING NEAR A SECURITY CHECKPOINT JUST DOWN THE STREET, AND AN OVERNIGHT SOCIAL MEDIA POST. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT THE ALLEGED GUNMAN, QUOTE, HAD A VIOLENT HISTORY AND POSSIBLE OBSESSION WITH OUR COUNTRY’S MOST CHERISHED STRUCTURE. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS REPORTING THAT THE SUSPECT WAS 21 YEAR OLD NASSIR BEST. D.C. COURT RECORDS SHOW THAT BEST WAS ALSO ARRESTED BACK IN JULY OF 2025, AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A WHITE HOUSE CHECKPOINT WITHOUT PERMISSION, WHILE CLAIMING THAT HE WAS JESUS CHRIST. SECRET SERVICE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY NAME THE SUSPECT, BUT SAID AN INDIVIDUAL OPENED FIRE AT OFFICERS LAST NIGHT. OFFICERS SHOT BACK AND THE SUSPECT LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL, AUTHORITIES SAY NOW SECRET SERVICE AGENTS WERE NOT INJURED. A BYSTANDER WAS HURT, BUT IT’S NOT CLEAR YET EXACTLY HOW. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED JUST A FEW MINUTES ON FOOT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE GATES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING. IT MARKS THE THIRD TIME IN THE PAST MONTH WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED SOMEWHERE NEAR THE PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. JACKIE, THANK YOU. AND AS THE SECRET SERVICE CONTINUES THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING, WE’LL HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. NOW TO WASHINGTON COUNTY. A MAN IS IN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER A SWAT STANDOFF. POLICE AND SWAT WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON MCCREA AVENUE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DONORA, FOLLOWING REPORTS THAT A MAN BROKE INTO A HOUSE AND BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE. POLICE SHUT DOWN THE AREA AND DETOURED BUSSES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. OFFICERS TOOK THE MAN INTO CUSTODY. THERE’S NO WORD ON WHO THE SUSPECT IS OR WHAT CHARGES THEY’RE FACING. WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO A STORY YOU SAW FIRST ON FOUR YESTERDAY MORNING. A PITTSBURGH WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WHILE SLEEPING IN HER BED IN OAKLAND OAKLAND APARTMENT. THE FEMALE VICTIM SAYS SHE WOKE UP TO SOMEONE ASSAULTING HER AT HER APARTMENT ALONG PARKVIEW AVENUE LAST THURSDAY, 29 YEAR-OLD CHARLES WILLIS IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, ACCORDING TO POLICE, WILLIS CONFESSED TO BREAKING INTO THE APARTMENT. POLICE SAY HE ALSO STOLE AN AIR TAG, WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO USE TO HELP TRACK HIM DOWN. WILLIS TOLD POLICE HE IS HOMELESS, WAS AND WAS LOOKING FOR MONEY AND THINGS TO SALVAGE A STOLEN PIECE OF PITTSBURGH BREWING HISTORY IN PITTSBURGH HAS BEEN RECOVERED. PART OF A COPPER KETTLE WAS TAKEN BY THIEVES FROM PENN BREWERY. PITTSBURGH POLICE TRACKING IT DOWN AT A LOCAL SCRAPYARD. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR EXPLAINS WHY THE BREWERY OWNER WAS SO EAGER TO GET IT BACK. WE WERE JUST SUPER THRILLED BECAUSE IT WAS INITIALLY SO HEARTBREAKING TO HAVE A SENTIMENTAL PIECE LIKE THAT, BASICALLY WALK OUT THE DOOR AND TO GET IT BACK WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST AS EMOTIONAL JUST TO JUST TO HAVE THAT BACK BECAUSE IT WASN’T JUST, YOU KNOW, A RANDOM PIPE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT GETTING SCRAPPED AND LAST SUNDAY, A LARGE PIECE OF BREW KETTLE WAS STOLEN FROM PENN BREWERY. IT HAD BEEN REMOVED AND ON DISPLAY SINCE A 2023 REPAIR TO THE KETTLE PROBABLY GOES BACK TO 1986, WHEN WHEN TOM PASTORIUS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED THIS PLACE AND HAD THESE INSTALLED. AND WE’RE ONE OF THE FEW BREWERIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT STILL BREW WITH COPPER KETTLES. ZONE ONE DETECTIVES LOCATED THE PIECE AT THE BOTTOM OF A SCRAP PILE. MY DAUGHTER AND I DROVE DOWN TO THE SCRAP YARD AND BASICALLY HAD THE PIECE INTO A MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR THEIR LATE FORMER BREWER, ANDY RICH. NOW THOSE PLANS ARE BACK ON TRACK. BEER BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, A LOVE FOR RUGBY AND A LOVE FOR BEER. YOU KNOW THERE’S THERE’S TWO THINGS THAT ARE MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN. COLD SUPPER BY HIS FRIENDS AT SOUTH PITTSBURGH RUGBY. RICH WAS THE HEAD BREWER AT PENN FOR 17 YEARS. HE PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER IN 2023. WE LOVE PENN BREWERY. WE LOVE GIVING BACK TO THEM, AND THUMPER WAS ALWAYS A GOOD PERSON OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE CLUB. CHEERS. BUSINESS IS STILL BREWING HERE RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE BREWING THE BEER FOR THEIR OKTOBERFEST CELEBRATIONS AND ARE FULL STEAM AHEAD IN THOSE PLANS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PLANS LIKE A RECEPTION FOR THE POLICE DETECTIVE THAT RECOVERED THE PIECE OF THE BREW KETTLE. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PITTSBURGH’S TROY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, I’M FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. THE NATIONAL CEMETERY OF THE ALLEGHENIES WILL HOLD ITS MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY TODAY. MEMBERS OF THE TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION STOPPED BY THE CEMETERY IN CECIL TOWNSHIP TO PLACE COMMEMORATIVE TOKENS ON THE HEADSTONES OF FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS YESTERDAY. THE VOLUNTEERS PAUSED AT EACH GRAVESITE, SAYING THEIR NAMES IN HONOR OF THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE CAME FROM MAKES IT CLEARER WHERE WE WANT TO GO, AND THAT’S A BIG PART OF IT. SO IT’S, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT FORGETTING WHAT EVERYONE WENT THROUGH. THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND THOSE WHO DIDN’T, THOSE WHO ARE STILL WITH US. THE NATIONAL CEMETERY OF THE ALLEGHENIES IS ONE OF 75 CEMETERIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WILL BE VISITED LEADING UP TO MEMORIAL DAY. 10,000 COINS WILL BE PLACED. TODAY’S CEREMONY BEGINS THIS MORNING AT 11:00. PITTSBURGH OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING US OF CLOSURES TOMORROW FOR MEMORIAL DAY. THE CITY’S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW, AND THERE WILL BE NO GARBAGE OR RECYCLING PICKUP. THE ENTIRE TRASH SCHEDULE WILL BE PUSHED BACK ONE DAY. PLUS, PITTSBURGH REGIONAL TRANSIT BUS AND LIGHT RAIL SERVICE WILL OPERATE ON SUNDAY. ON A SUNDAY SCHEDULE. TOMORROW, PRS DOWNTOWN SERVICE CENTER AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED, BUT YOU CAN REACH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE BY PHONE. YOU MAY NOTICE PITTSBURGH’S SISTER BRIDGE IS LIT IN THE COLORS OF IRELAND AT NIGHT TIME. THE BRIDGE OF IRELAND DISPLAY FEATURES GREEN AND WHITE AND ORANGE COLORS OF THE IRISH FLAG. THE DISPLAY CELEBRATES A BIG MILESTONE FOR PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TOMORROW, AIR LINGUS WILL LAUNCH ITS NEW DIRECT FLIGHT FROM PITTSBURGH TO DUBLIN, WITH SERVICE SCHEDULED FOUR TIMES A WEEK. A SPECIAL DAY DELEGATION FROM THE STEEL CITY WILL TAKE THAT INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO IRELAND THIS WEEK. THE BETHEL PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL WRAP UP CLASSES FOR THE SUMMER, SAYING GOODBYE TO SIX OF THE DISTRICT’S BUILDINGS. MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE AND CONSOLIDATE FOR NEXT YEAR’S NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THE NEW BETHEL PARK ELEMENTARY CENTER WILL HOUSE ALL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STARTING IN THE FALL. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL AND WILLIAM PENN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE IN THE SPRING. NEIL ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL ALSO CLOSE, AND STARTING THIS SUMMER, NEIL ARMSTRONG WILL SERVE AS THE DISTRICT’S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES. STILL NO PLANS FOR THE OTHER FIVE RETIRING ELEME
‘Help us find this individual’: Pittsburgh Antique Shops requests public help following incident
Updated: 2:26 PM EDT May 24, 2026
Pittsburgh Antique Shops, located in Castle Shannon, is asking the community for help in identifying an individual who was caught on camera allegedly stealing merchandise from inside. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 In a post on Friday, the small business said it is looking to identify and speak with the individual regarding an incident that occurred at the store on May 21 around 2 p.m.A video posted by the business appeared to show the person putting a piece of merchandise into a purse. (View video in the link posted above)”If you recognize this person, please send us a private message,” the business said. The post continued, saying, “As a small business made up of 40+ local vendors, we take incidents involving our shop very seriously and work hard to protect the businesses and inventory inside our store. Thank you for helping us keep Pittsburgh Antique Shops a safe and positive place for our vendors and customers.”As of Sunday, no additional updates have been made. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
CASTLE SHANNON, Pa. —
Pittsburgh Antique Shops, located in Castle Shannon, is asking the community for help in identifying an individual who was caught on camera allegedly stealing merchandise from inside.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
In a post on Friday, the small business said it is looking to identify and speak with the individual regarding an incident that occurred at the store on May 21 around 2 p.m.
A video posted by the business appeared to show the person putting a piece of merchandise into a purse. (View video in the link posted above)
“If you recognize this person, please send us a private message,” the business said.
The post continued, saying, “As a small business made up of 40+ local vendors, we take incidents involving our shop very seriously and work hard to protect the businesses and inventory inside our store. Thank you for helping us keep Pittsburgh Antique Shops a safe and positive place for our vendors and customers.”
As of Sunday, no additional updates have been made.
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