Woman assaulted, man dead from gunshot wound at home in Pittsburgh
THIS MORNING STARTS NOW, AND WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS AS WE START THE 6:00 HOUR. A LARGE RESPONSE TO THIS HOUSE FIRE IN FOX CHAPEL. WE HAVE A LIVE LOOK AT THE SCENE ON WEST WALDHEIM ROAD. OUR LILY COLEMAN ARRIVED THERE A SHORT TIME AGO AND WILL PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE IN A LIVE REPORT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS FROM NOW, AS WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST UP CLOSE LOOK AT THAT SCENE THAT IS RAGING IN THAT AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD IN FOX CHAPEL. MORE ON THAT, BUT EVEN MORE BREAKING NEWS TO TALK ABOUT, THIS TIME IN ERWIN, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, ONLY PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR HAS THE VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING SUSPECT AT THE POLICE STATION RIGHT NOW, AND WE’RE LIVE WITH THE LATEST AS THIS INVESTIGATION GETS UNDERWAY. WE DO WANT TO START BY SAYING THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE WILL GET TO ALL THAT BREAKING NEWS IN JUST A SECOND. OBVIOUSLY, A LOT HAPPENING ON THIS THURSDAY MORNING. FIRST, WE WANT TO GET A CHECK OF WEATHER AND TRAFFIC. AND ASHLEY HERE TO TELL US HOW THINGS ARE CALM RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE. ALL WILL CHANGE ESPECIALLY FOR THE EVENING DRIVE. BUT AT LEAST THIS MORNING NOT BAD. THAT’S WHAT I’M THINKING. MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD BE OKAY FOR YOU, BUT IT’S THE EVENING. YOU’LL WANT TO JUST BE WEATHER AWARE. YEAH, AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE RAIN SHOWERS COME IN, BUT WE’LL GET TO ENJOY THE DAY TODAY. THAT’S REALLY GOOD. IT IS A CHILLY START. WE’LL GET WARMER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON. THEN WE’LL START TO SEE SOME LIGHT EVENING SHOWERS. BUT STILL, THE BULK OF THIS HEAVY RAIN IS AROUND MIDNIGHT, 1:02 A.M. EARLY FRIDAY. FRIDAY IS AN IMPACT DAY. NOT SO MUCH JUST BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, BUT DROPPING TEMPERATURES. AND WE’LL ALSO HAVE SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SOME FLURRIES FLYING AROUND, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT TODAY. JUST A FEW HIGH CLOUDS AROUND. TEMPS ARE COLD THOUGH. 29 RIGHT NOW IN PITTSBURGH, 33 WAKING UP IN MONROEVILLE BEAVER. YOU’RE SITTING AT A CHILLY 20 DEGREES. 29 IN FRANKLIN, 25 UNIONTOWN AND GREENSBURG, 25 ALSO IN WASHINGTON. LIKE I SAID, WINDS ARE GOING TO PICK UP TODAY, GUSTING IN THE LOW TO MID 20S. THEY’LL RAMP UP EVEN MORE ON FRIDAY AS WE’LL WATCH THAT SYSTEM MOVE THROUGH. 35 TO 40 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. I’M TALKING WIND CHILLS INTO THE TEENS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SO ENJOY THIS 54 TODAY. INCREASING CLOUDS AND AGAIN SOME RAIN SHOWERS COMING IN LATER ON THIS EVENING. A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER. THE HEAVY RAIN ON FRIDAY AND I WILL BE TIMING ALL THAT OUT HOUR BY HOUR HERE IN JUST ABOUT 15 MINUTES. ELENA, THOSE TEMPERATURES LOOK LIKE A GOOD DAY TO RUN THOSE ERRANDS FOR NEXT WEEK. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION TRAFFIC LOOKS GREAT FOR US ON OUR ROADWAYS. LOTS OF GREEN ON THIS MAP. NO SLOWDOWNS WE’RE NOTICING JUST YET. ANYONE CATCHING A FLIGHT OUT TO THE PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT? ABOUT A 15 MINUTE RIDE FROM THE FORT PITT BRIDGE. SO OUTBOUND IS SMOOTH SAILING AND COMING INBOUND LOOKS GOOD TOO. WE DON’T HAVE SLOWDOWNS CLIMBING GREEN TREE HILL JUST YET. PARKWAY EAST ALSO LOOKING FANTASTIC, EXCEPT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT MORE BEAM DELIVERIES HAPPENING BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW. IF YOU FORGET WHAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF, I’LL BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, BUT FOR NOW, ENJOY THESE LIGHT TUNNEL TIMES SITTING AT FOUR MINUTES ACROSS THE BOARD. WANT TO TURN BACK NOW TO BREAKING NEWS ON THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE IN FOX CHAPEL. A LARGE RESPONSE TO THIS FIRE. OUR LILY COLEMAN ARRIVED AT THAT SCENE A SHORT TIME AGO. SHE IS LIVE ONCE AGAIN TO TAKE US THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT. WELL, RYAN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL AT HOME. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS FIRE JUST STILL RAGING THIS MORNING WHEN I FIRST TALKED TO YOU, I WAS MAKING MY WAY. I WAS GOING TO MAKE MY WAY AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE DONE THAT. AND YOU CAN SEE THESE FLAMES STILL SHOOTING FROM THIS HOME, THIS FIGHT FAR FROM OVER. AND THAT EXPLAINS WHY THERE WAS SUCH A LARGE RESPONSE THIS MORNING. NOW WE ARE ON WEST WALDHEIM ROAD. THIS IS AGAIN IN THE CITY IN FOX CHAPEL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE STILL FLAMES JUST SHOOTING FROM THIS HOME. I WANT TO FOCUS YOU REALLY TO THE BACK OF THIS HOME RIGHT NOW. FIREFIGHTERS TRYING TO ATTACK THE SECOND FLOOR. YOU CAN SEE THOSE FLAMES JUST BILLOWING OUT THE SMOKE. ALSO VERY, VERY HEAVY. AND THEN ALSO IT’S STILL COLD THIS MORNING. SO THAT IS MAKING THIS A TOUGH FIGHT FOR FIREFIGHTERS. NOW AS FOR WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THE HOME ITSELF, I HAVE SOURCES ON SCENE THAT HAVE TOLD ME THEY DO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, SO THAT IS CERTAINLY SOME GOOD NEWS. WE’RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION CONFIRMED WITH FIRE OFFICIALS HERE ON SCENE, BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY’RE A BIT BUSY. WE KNOW THE FIRST CALLS CAME IN JUST BEFORE 5:00. NOW, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY EMS, THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA BECAUSE, LIKE WE SHOWED YOU EARLIER, THIS IS STILL A MASSIVE FIRE. THERE IS A MASSIVE RESPONSE. SO MANY CREWS FROM AROUND THE REGION RESPONDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET THESE FLAMES UNDER CONTROL. SO THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA IF THEY CAN BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS FIRE FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER. AGAIN, WE’RE WORKING TO GET YOU MORE INFORMATION. JUST AS SOON AS WE HAVE ANY UPDATES, WE’LL LET YOU KNOW BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE AT DOT COM. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY LIVE IN FOX CHAPEL, LILY COLEMAN, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. WE WILL CHECK BACK SHORTLY. THAT IS MASSIVE, LILY. RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GET TO THE OTHER BREAKING NEWS IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. POLICE IN IRWIN ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING LATE LAST NIGHT. AND OUR AVA RASH IS LIVE FROM IRWIN POLICE HEADQUARTERS. AND, EVA, YOU WERE THE ONLY NEWS CREW THERE TO BE THERE WHEN THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INSIDE THE STATION. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YES, I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE IRWIN POLICE CHIEF BRIEFLY THIS MORNING WHILE HE WAS TAKING THAT SUSPECT OVER TO THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISON. HE TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S AN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AT THIS POINT. BUT I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO YOU’RE ONLY GOING TO SEE ON FOUR THIS MORNING. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE SUSPECT WHO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON HIS WAY TO THE JAIL. SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU’RE ONLY GOING TO SEE HERE. HE’S IN THAT WHITE PLASTIC JUMPSUIT AS WELL. NOW, THIS ALL HAPPENED AROUND 1130 LAST NIGHT ON THE 3000 BLOCK OF SWEET BRIER DRIVE. THIS IS IN THE EAST VILLAGE APARTMENTS RIGHT OFF OF ROUTE 30. IF YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE STILL DON’T KNOW THAT OTHER PERSON’S CONDITION WHO’S INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION. BUT OF COURSE, AS WE LEARN MORE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE’RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED HERE AND ONLINE AT W.COM FOR NOW. NOW COVERING ALLEGHENY OR EXCUSE ME, WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN IRWIN AVA RASH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY, TURNING TO THIS STORY. NOW WE HAVE A PHONE BAN IN PLACE. LAST NIGHT, THE PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A CELLPHONE BAN FOR STUDENTS, WHICH THEY ARE CALLING AN UPDATE TO THE CURRENT POLICY. 44 SCHOOLS ALREADY REQUIRED STUDENTS TO TURN IN THEIR CELL PHONES EACH DAY. NOW, THERE IS A MANDATE FOR PHONES TO BE TURNED IN AT ALL SCHOOLS DISTRICT WIDE, SO STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR PHONES ON DISTRICT PROPERTY, INCLUDING ON THE BUS AND IN AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. THERE WILL BE SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR SAFETY OR EMERGENCY REASONS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, AND THERE IS NO OFFICIAL DATE ON WHEN THIS WILL GO INTO EFFECT. AND ALSO AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETING, THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ITS 2026 BUDGET. THEY ARE SPENDING LESS THAN LAST YEAR, BUT PROPERTY TAXES ARE SET TO INCREASE FOR CITY RESIDENTS. THIS YEAR. HAS HAS PRESENTED A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND SIMILARLY LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE STILL LOTS OF WORK TO DO. THE BOARD ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR A 4% MILLAGE RATE INCREASE ON TAXES, BUT IN THE APPROVED BUDGET, IT’S JUST A 2% JUMP THANKS TO STATE FUNDS. EVEN WITH THE TAX HIKE, OFFICIALS PROJECT, THE $731 MILLION BUDGET STILL PUTS THE DISTRICT IN A $5 MILLION DEFICIT NEXT YEAR. MOST OF THE DISTRICT’S SPENDING WILL GO TOWARD FACULTY SALARIES AND BENEFITS. THAT’S FOLLOWED BY CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDING, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TRANSPORTATION. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ADDRESSED THE NATION LAST NIGHT, FOCUSING ON THE ECONOMY AND PREVIEWING PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR. CORRESPONDENT AMY LU IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MESSAGE. PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMED DEMOCRATS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FOR THE ECONOMIC MESS THAT HE INHERITED, BUT SAID HIS PLAN TO BRING PRICES DOWN IS WORKING. THE PRESIDENT USED STATISTICS AND CHARTS TO ARGUE THE ECONOMY IS ON AN UPWARD TREND. HE ALSO ANNOUNCED A NEW SO-CALLED WARRIOR DIVIDEND AND OVER $1,700 BONUS FOR NEARLY 1.5 MILLION MILITARY MEMBERS, PAID FOR BY TARIFFS. ALL SIGNS, HE SAYS, THAT SHOW HIS ECONOMIC RECORD IS A HISTORIC SUCCESS. INFLATION IS STOPPED, WAGES ARE UP, PRICES ARE DOWN. OUR NATION IS STRONG. AMERICA IS RESPECTED AND OUR COUNTRY IS BACK STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE. WE’RE POISED FOR AN ECONOMIC BOOM, THE LIKES OF WHICH THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN. BUT RECENT POLLING SUGGESTS A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DISAGREE. AN ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL FOUND MANY FEEL PRICES FOR GROCERIES AND HOLIDAY GIFTS ARE ABOUT THE SAME THIS YEAR AS WHEN INFLATION WAS AT ITS HIGHEST THREE YEARS AGO, ANOTHER POLL FOUND. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S APPROVAL ON THE ECONOMY IS SLIPPING NOW 31% DROPPING A DOZEN POINTS SINCE AUGUST. PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO REVEALED HIS IDEA FOR AN AGGRESSIVE HOUSING REFORM PLAN THAT HE’LL ANNOUNCE NEXT YEAR. REPORTING IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. NEW. THIS MORNING, HE WAS ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH A 13 YEAR OLD AND NOW HIGHLY DECORATED MARINE VETERAN BRANDON RUMBAUGH IS HEADED TO PRISON THIS AFTER RUMBAUGH PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS WEEK TO CHARGES INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT. THE 36 YEAR OLD SENTENCE INCLUDES SEVERAL YEARS BEHIND BARS, FOLLOWED BY PROBATION. THIS VIDEO WAS SENT TO US BY A VIEWER SHOWING AN ALLEGED FIGHT BETWEEN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENTS AND A LOCAL MAN YESTERDAY MORNING ON NORTON STREET IN MOUNT WASHINGTON. THE MAN WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. NEARBY RESIDENTS SAY THAT THEY WERE WOKEN UP BY SCREAMS, AND THEY ALSO SAY SOME CHILDREN SAW IT AS THEY WERE HEADED TO SCHOOL. TERRIBLE. ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUS STOP RIGHT UP THERE. LIKE HE WAS ALWAYS SUCH A NICE GUY. HE WAS ALWAYS OUTSIDE. LIKE, JUST SAYING HI. MEDICS EVALUATED BOTH THE AGENTS AND THE MAN ON SCENE. PITTSBURGH POLICE ALSO RESPONDED TO THAT SCENE, AND THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT APPRIZED OF ICE ACTIVITY AND DO NOT ASSIST ICE AGENTS WITH SUCH OPERATIONS. WE REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR MORE DETAILS, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. HOW ABOUT THIS STORY? SOMEONE STOLE A BABY JESUS RIGHT OUT OF A NATIVITY. THE THEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCREEN. POLICE IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY NEED YOUR HELP THIS MORNING. IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECTS. THEY’RE ACCUSED OF STEALING THE BABY. JESUS. FIGURE OUT OF THE JEANNETTE AMPHITHEATER NATIVITY SCENE ON MONDAY. SECURITY CAMERAS OUTSIDE OF A NEARBY JEWELRY STORE CAUGHT IT ALL. THE OWNER TELLS US HER FAMILY ACTUALLY DONATED THAT NATIVITY SET. AND SHE’S THE ONE WHO NOTICED SOMETHING WAS MISSING. KIND OF GLANCED OVER AND I THOUGHT, BABY JESUS THERE. SO WHEN I TOOK HER IN, I WALKED OVER RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE AMPHITHEATER AND DISCOVERED IT WAS GONE. MARY JO DEPALMA NOTIFIED POLICE WHO SHARED THESE IMAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHORTLY AFTER BABY JESUS WAS RETURNED. BUT I’M GRATEFUL THAT IT’S BEEN RETURNED. SO WHOEVER DID IT, THANK YOU FOR RETURNING IT. IT’S APPRECIATED. AND MERRY CHRISTMAS. PALMER SAYS THE NATIVITY WAS A GIFT AND THE PIECES WERE HAND BY RELATIVES. WE’RE JOINED NOW BY METEOROLOGIST ASHLEY DOUGHERTY AS ASHLEY. THE THAW WILL CONTINUE TODAY, THANKFULLY. YEAH. SURE WILL. AND YOU KNOW, WE’VE HAD A LOT OF SNOW MELT YESTERDAY THAT WILL EXTEND INTO TODAY. ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL A LITTLE CHILLY TO START THIS MORNING. BUT WE DO HAVE FAIR SKIES RIGHT NOW. MOST OF US SITTING INTO THE 20S AND LOW 30S. AS YOU GET READY TO SEND THE KIDS OUT TO THE BUS STOP. STILL NEED THE JACKETS, BUT GRAB THE SUNGLASSES AS WELL. WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD AFTERNOON TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY SOME FRESH AIR. WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. ALL RIGHT ASHLEY AT 611. STILL AHEAD THIS MORNING PASSING THE PUCK. RUMORS THE PENGUINS ARE BEING SOLD. WE’LL TELL YOU WHO THE POTENTIAL BUYER IS. AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE GIVING YOU ANOTHER LIVE LOOK AT A FIRE BURNING AT A HOME ON WEST WALDHEIM ROAD IN FOX CHAPEL. WE SEE BOTH THE INTENSITY OF THE FIRE AND THE LARGE RESPONSE AS WELL. WE CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THAT SCENE AS OUR BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE CONTINUES THROUGHOUT OUR 6:00 HOUR.
Woman assaulted, man dead from gunshot wound at home in Pittsburgh
Updated: 1:43 PM EST Dec 18, 2025
A man was found dead after a woman was reportedly assaulted in Pittsburgh Thursday morning. Pittsburgh Police were called to a home in the 2600 block of Winchester Drive around 9:45 a.m. for a woman who was being assaulted. When authorities arrived, they found the woman inside a home with lacerations to her face and other injuries. She was taken to a hospital where she is in critical condition.Pittsburgh Public Safety says while police were performing a protective sweep of the home they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head.That man was pronounced dead at the scene.The identity of those involved has not been released. An investigation is ongoing. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
A man was found dead after a woman was reportedly assaulted in Pittsburgh Thursday morning.
Pittsburgh Police were called to a home in the 2600 block of Winchester Drive around 9:45 a.m. for a woman who was being assaulted.
When authorities arrived, they found the woman inside a home with lacerations to her face and other injuries. She was taken to a hospital where she is in critical condition.
Pittsburgh Public Safety says while police were performing a protective sweep of the home they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head.
That man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The identity of those involved has not been released. An investigation is ongoing.
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