Kidnapping investigation in Plum believed to be connected to Pittsburgh shooting
NOW ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR, A PITTSBURGH INSTITUTION CLOSING ITS DOORS AFTER MORE THAN 200 YEARS IN BUSINESS. LOCAL REACTION AFTER THE PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE ANNOUNCES IT IS CEASING OPERATIONS. SHAWN PRINCE IS WANTED BY THE ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LATROBE POLICE FOR CHARGES OF SIMPLE ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT. BUT HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY GOES FAR BEYOND THAT, AND HE IS STILL AT LARGE. WE HAVE THE LATEST ON THE SEARCH FOR HIM TONIGHT. MILLVILLE BOROUGH THREATENING A SHUTDOWN. THE EMERGENCY LOAN. THEY NEED TO KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD. HIGHMARK HEALTH PAVING THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO DIAGNOSTIC BREAST CANCER SCREENING. WE’LL TELL YOU HOW. NOW WOMEN CAN GET THESE TESTS FOR FREE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 11 STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT 7:00 ON COZI TV. I’M MIKE CLARK RIGHT NOW, A DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY ARMED MAN IS ON THE RUN IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. MULTIPLE POLICE AGENCIES IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY ARE ON THE LOOKOUT NOW FOR SEAN PRINCE AFTER THEY SAY HE ESCAPED FROM OFFICERS LAST NIGHT. HE IS THE SAME MAN POLICE SAY KIDNAPED HIS WIFE LAST YEAR. COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY. TONIGHT, ED DIORIO JOINS US IN LATROBE WITH MORE. THERE’S A WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF SEAN PRINCE OUT OF ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP. AND ON TUESDAY NIGHT, LATROBE POLICE BELIEVED THAT PRINCE COULD BE IN THEIR AREA. THAT’S WHY SEVERAL AGENCIES RESPONDED LOOKING FOR HIM. BUT ULTIMATELY HE WAS NOT BROUGHT INTO CUSTODY. ALL THEY SAID WAS THAT THERE WAS A THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A GENTLEMAN THAT COULD BE POSSIBLY ARMED AND DANGEROUS. NO DESCRIPTION, NO NOTHING. THEY DIDN’T GIVE US ANY NAMES OR ANYTHING. SO THAT SORT OF LIKE GOT US ALL WORRIED BECAUSE WHAT WAS HE WEARING? WHAT WAS WHAT? HE LOOKED LIKE. POLICE FROM LATROBE, DERRY BOROUGH AND PSP WERE ALL LOOKING FOR SEAN PRINCE ON TUESDAY NIGHT ON SPRING STREET. HE’S A SIX FOOT TALL WHITE MALE WHO WEIGHS AROUND 160 POUNDS, HAS A BEARD AND IS BELIEVED TO BE WEARING A BLACK AND BLUE FLANNEL SHIRT. IN OCTOBER, HE ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPED HIS WIFE FROM SCOTTDALE, AND THE TWO ENDED UP IN KENTUCKY, WHERE PRINCE WAS ARRESTED. PRINCE POSTED BAIL FOR THAT CRIME IN DECEMBER AND IS NOW ON THE RUN FOR CHARGES OUT OF ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP. I’M GUESSING HE’S PROBABLY NOT IN THIS AREA ANYMORE, BUT YEAH, IT’S STILL, YOU KNOW, FRIGHTENING. IT’S STILL SCARY, BUT JUST TRYING TO WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER. AND IF WE SEE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS, WE’LL CALL 911. I’LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT. ALERT WAS SENT OUT TO SEVERAL AGENCIES ACROSS WESTMORELAND COUNTY. ANYONE THAT SEES A PERSON THAT MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION OF SEAN PRINCE IS ENCOURAGED TO CALL 911. COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY. IN LATROBE, A DIORIO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ED THANK YOU. AND BREAKING TONIGHT PITTSBURGH, AN INSTITUTION HERE IN PITTSBURGH IS CEASING OPERATIONS. THE PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. THEY’LL BE SHUTTING DOWN OPERATIONS FOR GOOD IN MAY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER MARCI CIPRIANI IS ON THE CITY’S NORTH SHORE TONIGHT WITH WHY THE PAPER SAYS IT IS CLOSING AND HOW LOCAL LEADERS ARE REACTING TO IT. THE STAFF HERE AT THE POST-GAZETTE HEARD THE NEWS THAT THEY WILL PUBLISH THEIR LAST PAPER ON MAY 3RD. IN A ZOOM MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS. AND THEY BLAME IT ON FINANCIAL LOSSES AND THE JOURNALISTS STRIKE THAT JUST ENDED. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO LOSE THE POST-GAZETTE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TODAY, IT FELT LIKE A GUT PUNCH. ANDREW CONTI HAS BEEN A JOURNALIST IN PITTSBURGH FOR DECADES, AND HAS WATCHED THE YEARS LONG BATTLE BETWEEN POST-GAZETTE JOURNALISTS AND BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS, AND THE RECENT END TO THE THREE YEAR STRIKE. THEN THIS MORNING, THE PAGES PUBLISHER ASKED THE COURT TO FREEZE AN ORDER REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO CHANGE ITS HEALTH INSURANCE FOR UNION WORKERS. SHORTLY AFTER, THEY WERE DENIED. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME THAT THE PAPER WOULD CLOSE. IN A STATEMENT, BLOCK COMMUNICATION WRITES IN PART, QUOTE, OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS HAS LOST MORE THAN 350 MILLION IN CASH, OPERATING THE POST-GAZETTE. DESPITE THOSE EFFORTS, THE REALITIES FACING LOCAL JOURNALISM MAKE CONTINUED CASH LOSSES AT THIS SCALE NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE. IN A STATEMENT FROM THE NEWSPAPER GUILD OF PITTSBURGH, THEY WRITE INSTEAD OF SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE LAW, THE OWNERS CHOSE TO PUNISH LOCAL JOURNALISTS AND THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. AND CONTI SAYS HE EXPECTS THE CLOSURE OF THE PG TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. THIS IS A SEISMIC CHANGE FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE LOCAL NEWS CRISIS AS A PROBLEM OF THE MEDIA, BUT REALLY IT’S A CRISIS FOR ALL OF US. IT’S A COMMUNITY CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT AFFECTS HOW PEOPLE INTERACT WITH LOCAL NEWS AND INFORMATION. AND WHEN SOMETHING AS LARGE AS THE POST-GAZETTE GOES AWAY, IT CREATES A HUGE VOID. AGAIN, THE PG IS EXPECTED TO PUBLISH ITS FINAL EDITION BOTH PHYSICALLY AND DIGITALLY, ON MAY 3RD. AND IN THAT MEETING WHERE THEY LEARNED THIS NEWS, THEY WERE ALSO ASKED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER BUSINESS AS USUAL CONDITIONS, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM THE NORTH SHORE. MARCIE CIPRIANI PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT, MARCI, THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO TURN TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER LOOKING LIVE OVER DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. FROM OUR ACTION CAM A WARMER THAN USUAL JANUARY AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR AREA. WE’RE JOINED NOW BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY AND YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. MIKE, WE’RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE MORE DAYS OF WARMER TEMPS, RIGHT. WE CERTAINLY ARE. AND IT’S GOING TO GET VERY WARM AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT THREE DAYS. RIGHT NOW WE’RE SITTING AT 44 DEGREES. WE HIT A HIGH TODAY OF 48 DEGREES. WE’LL TACK ON ABOUT ANOTHER FIVE DEGREES TO THAT AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO START THE DAY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AS WE GO LATER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AND AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES IN THE MORNING, WE’LL DROP DOWN CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK, BUT NOT QUITE TO IT. 33 IN PITTSBURGH. AND THEN WE’LL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. SOME LOCATIONS EVEN FURTHER SOUTH WILL BE PUSHING 60 DEGREES EVEN TOMORROW. AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT THREE DAYS, VERY WARM WEATHER, 61 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH ON FRIDAY, 59 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH ON SATURDAY. BOTH DAYS WE’LL HAVE A CHANCE OF RAIN. AFTER THAT SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES DROP OFF A HIGH OF ONLY 31 DEGREES. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE COLD AIR WILL STICK AROUND. THAT’S COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MIKE. GET OUT OF OUR CITY. THAT IS THE MESSAGE TONIGHT FROM THE MAYOR OF MINNEAPOLIS TO FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS. AFTER AN ICE AGENT SHOT AND KILLED SOMEONE. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS THE AGENT KILLED A 37 YEAR OLD WOMAN ALLEGING SHE WAS TRYING TO RUN OVER THE OFFICERS WITH HER CAR. BUT AS REENA ROY TELLS US, THE MAYOR ARGUES, THAT’S NOT TRUE TO ICE. GET THE OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS. A BLUNT MESSAGE TO ICE FROM MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR JACOB FREY AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS SHOT AND KILLED A WOMAN DURING WHAT THEY SAY WERE TARGETED OPERATIONS. VERY DISTURBING. VIDEO POSTED ON X CAUSING PUBLIC OUTRAGE SHOWS AGENTS APPROACHING THIS RED SUV AS IT WAS BLOCKING THE ROAD. YOU CAN HEAR THE AGENTS TELL THE WOMAN TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND APPROACH THE SUV. THE WOMAN THEN DRIVES FORWARD. THAT’S WHEN THE SHOTS ARE FIRED, THE CAR CRASHING. THEY ARE ALREADY TRYING TO SPIN THIS AS AN ACT OF SELF-DEFENSE. HAVING SEEN THE VIDEO OF MYSELF, I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY DIRECTLY THAT IS BULL. THIS WAS AN AGENT RECKLESSLY USING POWER THAT RESULTED IN SOMEBODY DYING. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYING THE 37 YEAR OLD WHO WAS KILLED WAS BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AND, QUOTE, WEAPONIZED HER VEHICLE AS OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO GET THEIR CAR OUT OF THE SNOW. THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO PUSH OUT THEIR VEHICLE, AND A WOMAN ATTACKED THEM AND THOSE SURROUNDING THEM AND ATTEMPTED TO RUN THEM OVER AND RAM THEM. LOCAL POLICE SAYING THIS, A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER APPROACHED HER ON FOOT AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIVE OFF. AT LEAST TWO SHOTS WERE FIRED. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARGUING THE ICE OFFICER FEARED FOR HIS LIFE AND FIRED DEFENSIVE SHOTS. VIDEO SHOWS PROTESTERS CLASHING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THROWING SNOWBALLS AT VEHICLES. TEAR GAS DEPLOYED INTO THE CROWD. WE HAVE BEEN WARNING FOR WEEKS THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DANGEROUS, SENSATIONALIZED OPERATIONS ARE A THREAT TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT SOMEONE WAS GOING TO GET HURT. AND TODAY THAT RECKLESSNESS COST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS 2000 AGENTS HAD RECENTLY BEEN DEPLOYED TO MINNEAPOLIS. AS WE JUST HEARD, THE MAYOR NOW DEMANDING THEY LEAVE THE CITY, SAYING THEY ARE ONLY CAUSING CHAO
Kidnapping investigation in Plum believed to be connected to Pittsburgh shooting
Updated: 9:08 PM EST Jan 7, 2026
Pittsburgh police are investigating after reports of an armed kidnapping in Plum led to one person being found with a gunshot wound in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood Wednesday night.VIDEO: Top stories on Jan. 7, 2026 Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said they were notified of an armed kidnapping that was reported to the Plum Borough Police Department at 6:15 p.m. Officers said they later found a man suffering from a gunshot wound in Greenfield, further saying they believe the incidents are related. “A family member told Plum Police that his brother had been kidnapped by two armed suspects who were demanding ransom money,” public safety said in a post on Facebook. “The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police began tracking the victim’s cellphone, which was last identified in the Hazelwood area.”An hour later, a witness called 911 to report that several men appeared to be involved in an altercation within the 900 block of Deely Street in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood. The witness also reported hearing gunshots in the area. When officials arrived at the scene, they said a man was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest. The victim told officers on the scene that the suspects had left the scene in a vehicle. The man was taken to the hospital in stable condition. An investigation remains active. This is a developing story. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
Pittsburgh police are investigating after reports of an armed kidnapping in Plum led to one person being found with a gunshot wound in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood Wednesday night.
VIDEO: Top stories on Jan. 7, 2026
Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said they were notified of an armed kidnapping that was reported to the Plum Borough Police Department at 6:15 p.m. Officers said they later found a man suffering from a gunshot wound in Greenfield, further saying they believe the incidents are related.
“A family member told Plum Police that his brother had been kidnapped by two armed suspects who were demanding ransom money,” public safety said in a post on Facebook. “The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police began tracking the victim’s cellphone, which was last identified in the Hazelwood area.”
An hour later, a witness called 911 to report that several men appeared to be involved in an altercation within the 900 block of Deely Street in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood. The witness also reported hearing gunshots in the area.
When officials arrived at the scene, they said a man was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest.
The victim told officers on the scene that the suspects had left the scene in a vehicle.
The man was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
An investigation remains active.
This is a developing story.
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