PITTSBURGH — Police are investigating a shooting in Pittsburgh that they believe is connected to an armed kidnapping that happened in Plum.
Plum Boro Police were called about an armed kidnapping on Wednesday. A man said that his brother had been kidnapped by two armed suspects who were demanding ransom money.
Pittsburgh Police began tracking the victim’s cellphone, which last pinged in Hazelwood.
At 7:10 p.m., a person called 911 to report an altercation between multiple men that resulted in gunshots on the 900 block of Deely Street in Greenfield.
Officers found a man who had been shot in the chest when they arrived.
The victim told police the suspects fled the scene in a vehicle after shooting him. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
Police said they believe the shooting and the kidnapping are related.
The suspects have not been arrested at this time and the investigation is ongoing.
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