Man rescued from Point State Park | Police investigate $30K harp found on shore
PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR STARTS NOW. HEY GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. GOING TO BRING YOU A LIVE LOOK HERE AT THE RADAR THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS ON ITS WAY OUT. AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER SHOT OF SNOW LATER TONIGHT THOUGH. ALSO, NOW WE’RE STARTING TO LOOK AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND WHERE A LARGE STORM COULD POTENTIALLY BRING US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW. SO A LOT OF CHANGES, A LOT OF THINGS TO KEEP TRACK OF OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. YOU’RE CERTAINLY IN THE RIGHT PLACE. WE’RE BREAKING DOWN EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE DO KNOW FOR SURE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT IS STILL DEVELOPING. SO THANKS FOR BEING WITH US HERE AT PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I’M KELLY SASSO AND GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M ANDREW STOCKEY PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER, OF COURSE, TOPPING YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00. YEAH. SO WITH THE SNOW TODAY, IT WAS AN IMPACT DAY. NOW THANKFULLY WE’RE GOING TO BE GETTING A LITTLE WARMER FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS, BUT THEN WE NEED TO BUCKLE UP FOR THE WEEKEND. WE ARE TALKING SUBZERO WIND CHILLS ONCE AGAIN ON SATURDAY. AND THEN AGAIN, THAT POTENTIAL FOR A LOT OF SNOW INTO SUNDAY. PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE RELEASING NEW INFORMATION INTO A MAN’S DEATH IN THE FRIENDSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE LAST HOUR, POLICE SAY THAT MAN WAS BEATEN AND STABBED TO DEATH. THE ROOMMATE OF THE VICTIM NOW IN CUSTODY, AND DOZENS OF WORKERS HAVE BEEN LAID OFF AT THE POPULAR NEMACOLIN RESORT IN FAYETTE COUNTY, THE COMPANY SAID. THIS IS PART OF A STRATEGIC WORKFORCE REDUCTION, AND THE STEELERS ARE INTERVIEWING ONE ANTICIPATED HEAD COACHING CANDIDATE. GREENFIELD NATIVE MIKE MCCARTHY IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE THIS AFTERNOON, ONE OF SEVERAL CANDIDATES THAT COULD REPLACE MIKE TOMLIN. AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES. AT 4:00 ON THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NOW LET’S GET BACK TO OUR TOP STORY. THAT BEING PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER IS GOING TO BE VERY POPULAR MAN HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE DO WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THE FORECAST. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW WE’RE GETTING TONIGHT. AND THEN ALSO OF COURSE, ALL EYES SHIFTING NOW TO THIS WEEKEND. YOU’RE SAYING THE MODELS THEY WERE DISAGREEING BEFORE AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE IN AGREEMENT. YEAH. WE’VE SEEN A BIG SHIFT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, WHICH GIVES US MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST. AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SNOW. THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF QUESTION MARKS WE HAVE TO WORK OUT, BUT WE DO STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR SEEING SOME SNOW LATER ON THIS EVENING. AND SO HERE’S SNOWING SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH AND WE COULD STILL SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS REDEVELOPING A LITTLE BIT LATER ON AS WELL. SATURDAY IS A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY AS WE ARE WATCHING FOR SUBZERO WIND CHILLS, AND THAT COULD BE THE CASE THROUGH THE DAY. SO THINK BACK TO WHAT WE JUST SAW ON TUESDAY, BUT IT COULD ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE WORSE AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER. AND WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THEN FOR OUR SNOW POTENTIAL ON SUNDAY. SNOW SHOWERS COULD BE AROUND FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY, AND THERE IS THE CHANCE OF SEEING POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OUT OF THE SYSTEM AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. TODAY, A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS UP NORTH AND EAST OF PITTSBURGH FOR THE SNOW THAT IS OUT THERE NOW AND WILL DEVELOP LATER ON THIS EVENING. THAT’S WHERE NORTH OF PITTSBURGH WILL FILL BACK IN. AND THEN BOTH DAYS THIS WEEKEND, AS I MENTIONED, OUR SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAYS, WE’RE AT 35 TOMORROW, 20 ON FRIDAY, TEENS SATURDAY. AND THEN WE HOLD IN THE TEENS OR 20S THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. SO ANY SNOW WE GET WILL LAST WELL INTO NEXT WEEK, SO AT LEAST WE’LL HAVE ONE DAY TO GET READY FOR WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD COME OUR WAY. YEAH. SO TOMORROW AND FRIDAY ARE THE DAYS TO GET OUTSIDE IF YOU CAN SATURDAY TOO. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE COLD TO BE OUTSIDE. YOU PROBABLY DON’T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE ON SUNDAY, RIGHT? AND JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, THERE’S A REASON YOU’RE NOT FORECASTING EXACT SNOW TOTALS YET, RIGHT? SO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. YESTERDAY WE HAD ONE MODEL SAYING NOTHING, ONE SAYING A LOT. TODAY THEY’VE NOW COME TOGETHER. BUT THERE’S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO ANSWER FIRST, INCLUDING THE CHANCE THAT WE COULD SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN POTENTIALLY SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH, WHICH WOULD THROW OUT SNOW TOTALS AS WELL. SO A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE TO WORK, SO WE’LL BE FINE TUNING THAT IN THE DAYS TO COME. EXACTLY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO BE PREPARED THOUGH BRIAN. THANKS SO MUCH. WE’LL CHECK IN AGAIN HERE SOON. NOW THIS STORM IS GOING TO BE HITTING MOST OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND WITH THAT, JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, GOVERNOR SHAPIRO POSTED ON X THAT SAYING, QUOTE, OUR TEAMS AT PIMA STATE POLICE AND PENNDOT ARE ALREADY WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET READY FOR THIS WEEKEND’S WINTER STORM. GETTING OUR PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT READY TO CLEAR ROADS AND KEEP FOLKS SAFE. WELL, AS YOU HEARD THE FORECAST STILL CHANGING EVEN AT THIS HOUR, SO STAY UP TO DATE WITH THAT FREE WTAE APP. WE’LL SEND YOU UPDATES ON THE STORM AS WE GET THEM. OUR METEOROLOGISTS ARE BUSY BREAKING DOWN EVERYTHING WE KNOW AND DON’T KNOW IN REGARDS TO THIS WEEKEND’S WEATHER. SO ONCE AGAIN, DOWNLOAD THE APP FOR FREE AND DO IT RIGHT NOW. NOW LET’S GET BACK INTO THE BREAKING NEWS ON A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD LAST NIGHT AT A HOME IN THE CITY’S FRIENDSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW, IN JUST THE LAST HOUR, PITTSBURGH POLICE HAVE RELEASED NEW INFORMATION AND PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM IS JOINING US LIVE FROM PITTSBURGH POLICE HEADQUARTERS THERE ON THE NORTH NORTH SIDE SHELDON, WHAT IS THE LATEST IN THIS CASE? YEAH, WELL, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT POLICE WERE ABLE TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON THIS HOMICIDE IN THE FRIENDSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD LAST NIGHT, AND THEY SAY IT WAS THE RESULT OF AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN ROOMMATES. NOW, HERE’S SOME MORE OF THE DETAILS SHARED BY POLICE. THEY SAY THEY RESPONDED TO TWO CALLS AT THIS HOUSE IN THE 200 BLOCK OF SOUTH AIKEN AVENUE. THE FIRST CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 6:00, BUT THEY SAY THE FIRST CALL WAS ABOUT A VERBAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN ROOMMATES AND THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF POTENTIAL VIOLENCE. BUT THEN ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER, A SECOND 911 CALL WAS MADE. THAT WAS THAT. A MAN WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AND BADLY BEATEN. NOW HE IS IDENTIFIED AS TIMOTHY MORAN. POLICE SAY HE WAS BEATEN AND STABBED BY HIS ROOMMATE, ERIC HENDERSON, AND THEY SAY IT WAS HENDERSON WHO MADE THE FIRST 911 CALL ABOUT THEIR VERBAL ALTERCATION. THEN, AFTER THE HOMICIDE INCIDENT, HE FLED THE HOUSE AND HE WAS LATER ARRESTED THIS MORNING IN BELLEVUE. HERE’S MORE NOW FROM THE POLICE CHIEF. THE SUSPECT WAS BROUGHT TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS FOR QUESTIONING AND HE IS IN CUSTODY AT THIS TIME. HE’S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ERIC HENDERSON, 44 YEARS OLD. HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS BEING CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. NOW, POLICE ALSO SAY THAT HOME WAS A HALFWAY HOUSE OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY OR FIGHTING ADDICTION. WE HAVE MORE ON THE HISTORY OF THAT HOUSE FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND FRIENDSHIP FOR NOW, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS ON THE NORTH SIDE. SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY, SHELDON, THANK YOU. AND NEW THIS AFTERNOON, ONE PERSON WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL FROM A SHOOTING IN THE CITY’S EAST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD. ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO EAST HILLS DRIVE. THEY FOUND A MAN IN THE HOUSE WHO HAD BEEN SHOT IN HIS NECK. PARAMEDICS ADMINISTERED A WHOLE BLOOD TRANSFUSION RIGHT THERE IN THE FIELD. THE MAN WAS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION WHEN HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. AS OF RIGHT NOW, POLICE HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED ANY SUSPECTS AND A DIFFERENT LATE NIGHT SHOOTING IN RANKIN SENT ANOTHER PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE IN THIS CASE DO HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT ABOUT 11:00 LAST NIGHT INSIDE THE PALISADES PLAZA. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT NAMED THE SUSPECT YET OR SAID IF THAT PERSON IS BEING CHARGED WITH ANYTHING, NEARLY A YEAR AFTER AN ALTERCATION ON THE ALLEGHENY BUTLER COUNTY BORDER, A MAN’S DEATH IS BEING RULED A HOMICIDE. ALLEGHENY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE SAYS. 59 YEAR-OLD DONALD P MILLER WAS HURT IN AN INCIDENT LAST MARCH ON BROADSTONE DRIVE. THE MAN FROM KORIOPOLIS DIED SIX DAYS LATER AT UPMC PRESBY. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS RULED AS A COMPLICATION FROM STRANGULATION. WE ARE NOW REACHING OUT TO POLICE TO LEARN MORE, ONLY ON FOUR THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW LAWSUIT IS STEMMING FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A TEENAGER BY A SOCIAL WORKER. THE SUIT IS AGAINST THE YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMINE RODRIGUEZ JOINS US LIVE OUTSIDE THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY COURTHOUSE THIS AFTERNOON. AND YASMINE, YOU JUST SPOKE WITH THE ATTORNEY WHO’S BRINGING THIS CASE. ANDREW. THAT’S RIGHT. AND THAT SUIT WAS FILED JUST THIS MORNING. NOW, THE LEAD ATTORNEY ON THE CASE TELLS ME THAT THEY’RE SEEKING TO HOLD YOUTH ADVOCATES PROGRAM RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT SHE CALLS SLIPPING UP AND MISSING OBVIOUS RED FLAGS. NOW, THAT SUIT SAYS THAT THIS BEGAN WHEN THE VICTIM WAS ONLY 14 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, AND SHE WAS SEEKING SERVICES THROUGH YAP ON EAST CARSON STREET. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED ONE CASEWORKER, BUT THEN ANOTHER, IDENTIFIED AS BRITA MEMBER, TOOK A SPECIAL INTEREST AND REQUESTED THE VICTIM’S CASE BE TRANSFERRED TO HER. FROM THERE, AMBER BEGAN EXPRESSING A ROMANTIC INTEREST. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT THAT EVENTUALLY TURNED INTO AMBER COERCING THE VICTIM INTO A ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP. UNDER THE DEMISE THAT THE VICTIM WOULD NO LONGER RECEIVE SERVICES FROM THE PROGRAM. NOW, AMBER WAS 27 AT THE TIME. THIS WAS A VULNERABLE 14 YEAR OLD. SHE WAS ALREADY IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING TRUANCY ISSUES AT SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HER HOME LIFE BEING CHAOTIC. YASMINE, DO WE KNOW IF THIS LAWSUIT IS SEEKING DAMAGES AGAINST BOTH THE PROGRAM AND THE SOCIAL WORKER? SO THE LAWSUIT IS SEEKING DAMAGES AGAINST YAP ONLY BECAUSE BRITTANY HOKE THAT WORKER. NOW, SHE DID PLEAD GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS ONE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, ONE OF CORRUPTION OF MINORS LAST SUMMER. SHE’S CURRENTLY NOW SERVING OUT PROBATION. NOW, WE DID HEAR SOMEWHAT OF A STATEMENT FROM THE ORGANIZATION. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT IT SAYS COMING UP AT FIVE. BUT FOR NOW, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY. IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. YES. WE’LL SEE YOU AT 5:00. NOW COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A POPULAR LIGONIER RESTAURANT. FIRE BROKE OUT LAST NIGHT AT RUTHIE’S. THAT’S BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS NOW. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE FIRE. AND AHEAD AT 5:00, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER ED DIORIO IS HEARING FROM THAT COMMUNITY, MANY OF WHOM SHOWED UP TO THE SCENE TODAY. YEAH, VERY SAD STORY. OKAY. COVERING WASHINGTON COUNTY NOW IN EAST WASHINGTON, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF FIRING SHOTS INSIDE OF A HOME ON BOW STREET AT ABOUT 1230. NOW, WE KNOW NOBODY WAS HURT IN THE INCIDENT. POLICE SAY AFTER A SHORT STANDOFF WITH ONE OF THEIR OFFICERS, THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY. NEW. THIS AFTERNOON, THE CONTRACT TALKS ARE GETTING UNDERWAY BETWEEN UPMC AND MAGEE WOMEN’S NURSES. THIS IS A STORY THAT WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR MONTHS NOW. AND PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR WAS THERE. AS THE NURSES PREPARE TO HEAD INTO THOSE TALKS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER MARCY CIPRIANI JOINS US LIVE RIGHT NOW IN THE SOUTH OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD OF PITTSBURGH. MARCY. SOMETHING HAPPENED BEFORE THESE TALKS BEGAN TODAY. YEAH. ANDREW. JUST BEFORE HEADING INTO THOSE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, NURSES HERE FROM MAGEE-WOMENS HOSPITAL ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WANT THE COMMUNITY’S INPUT TO HELP THEM SHAPE THEIR VERY FIRST CONTRACT. AND THEY GATHERED TOGETHER MAGEE-WOMENS HOSPITAL NURSES AND ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THAT NURSES WOULD NEGOTIATE A FIRST CONTRACT WITH UPMC. WE’RE SO EXCITED. IT’S BEEN A REALLY LONG ROAD, BUT THE NURSES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS AT MAGEE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING OUR FIRST CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR OUR UNION WITH UPMC TODAY. WHAT IS YOUR HOPE FOR TODAY? OUR HOPE IS PRETTY BASIC. WE WANT TO GET THE HUMANITY BACK IN HEALTH CARE, AND FOR US THAT MEANS PUTTING A FOCUS BACK ON TIME WITH OUR PATIENTS AND CENTERING PATIENT CARE. NOW, MARCY, YOU MENTIONED COMMUNITY INPUT. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? AND HOW COULD SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE? WELL, KELLY, THE NURSES HAVE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED AN ONLINE SURVEY. THEY’RE OPENING IT UP TO EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN A PATIENT AT MAGEE, WHETHER YOU’RE JUST A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR EVEN YOU’RE A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. THEY WANT INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SAY THEY WILL THEN USE TO NEGOTIATE THEIR FIRST CONTRACT. IF YOU’D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SURVEY, WE HAVE THAT FOR YOU AT WTAE.COM COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM SOUTH OAKLAND MARCIE CIPRIANI. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY. THANK YOU MARCY. IN JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, WE GOT A STATEMENT FROM UPMC. IT SAYS IN PART, QUOTE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN PRODUCTIVE AND TRANSPARENT NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A CONTRACT THAT SERVES OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND OUR MISSION, AS WELL AS THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF UPMC MAGEE-WOMENS HOSPITAL. ALL RIGHT. TURNING TO THIS, JUST IN THIS AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE WILL NOT BE IMPOSING TARIFFS IN HIS PURSUIT OF TAKING OVER GREENLAND. POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL THAT HE HAS COME TO TERMS WITH NATO’S SECRETARY GENERAL ON A, QUOTE, FRAMEWORK OF A FUTURE DEAL ON ARCTIC SECURITY. NOW, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER HIS SPEECH AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS. AND WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THER
Man rescued from Point State Park | Police investigate $30K harp found on shore
Updated: 8:08 PM EST Jan 21, 2026
An investigation is underway after a man was rescued from the river near Point State Park, and a $30,000 harp was recovered along the riverbank on Wednesday. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said just before 3:30 p.m., EMS, river rescue, and DCNR Rangers responded to reports of a man in the water at Point State Park. Officials were able to pull the man to shore, and medical care was initiated. He was taken to UPMC Mercy in stable condition for further treatment. Prior to his rescue, officials said the man brought a full-sized harp, valued at $30,000, to the riverbank before “he disrobed and jumped in.”Police are investigating to see if the harp belonged to the man. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
An investigation is underway after a man was rescued from the river near Point State Park, and a $30,000 harp was recovered along the riverbank on Wednesday.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said just before 3:30 p.m., EMS, river rescue, and DCNR Rangers responded to reports of a man in the water at Point State Park.
Officials were able to pull the man to shore, and medical care was initiated. He was taken to UPMC Mercy in stable condition for further treatment.
Prior to his rescue, officials said the man brought a full-sized harp, valued at $30,000, to the riverbank before “he disrobed and jumped in.”
Police are investigating to see if the harp belonged to the man.
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