PITTSBURGH —
Pittsburgh Police are addressing a social media video showing officers disabling a doorbell camera, saying it lacks context about why their officers were on scene.
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Authorities say they were called to a ‘threat in progress’ Saturday afternoon on Wymore Street.
According to officers, dispatchers relayed information that a woman was texting 911 to say her roommate was threatening to shoot her.
She continued to tell dispatchers she had not left her bedroom for three days out of fear of him.
When officers arrived, they say they were able to speak with the victim through an open window. She told officers she didn’t know where her roommate was inside the home and she was afraid to leave her room.
Pittsburgh police say as officers were working on a plan to get the victim out, they saw the doorbell camera on the house.
Officers disabled the camera by temporarily removing the battery, concerned the man might still have been inside, armed and watching them, according to a release by police.
Authorities say the victim was safely removed from the home and a sweep of the residence was done but the roommate was not found inside.
Police say after the scene was determined to be safe, the battery was replaced.
The roommate, whom authorities identified but whose name they have not released, allegedly left the home before officers arrived.
According to police, that man has an active warrant for terroristic threats from a previous incident.
He is not facing any new charges at this time.
Police say he has an active warrant for Terroristic Threats for a previous incident. There are no new charges at this time.