Police: 2 accused of ‘aggressively’ asking for money during attempted robbery near Pitt campus
NOW ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. THE TERMINAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM THAT’S THE OFFICIAL NAME FOR PITTSBURGH’S NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL. THERE IT IS. AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GRAND OPENING IS HERE. THIS HOUSE BURNING DOWN IN INDIANA COUNTY RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF LIFE FOR A 14 AND 12 YEAR OLD. ON SUNDAY. THE FAMILIES ARE CONTINUING TO MOURN, BUT THE SMALL COMMUNITIES AROUND THEM ARE TRYING TO HELP. WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW TONIGHT. A TWO MONTH OLD BABY IN BUTLER COUNTY HAS DIED. HIS FATHER NOW FACING CHARGES. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION TONIGHT. IT’S A TOP 25 MATCHUP FOR PITT THIS WEEKEND. WHY? HEAD COACH PAT NARDUZZI DOESN’T FEEL LIKE THIS IS A MUST WIN GAME FOR THE PANTHERS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT SEVEN STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON COZI TV AT 7:00 I’M MIKE CLARK. WE’LL BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF FAYETTE COUNTY. THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A CRASH INVOLVING A TRACTOR TRAILER IN HENRY CLAY TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY. IT HAPPENED ALONG ROUTE 40 NEAR THE RIVER LAKE. WE ARE TOLD TWO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ARE ON SCENE INVESTIGATING. ALSO TONIGHT, PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS ANNOUNCED AN OPENING DATE FOR THEIR BRAND NEW TERMINAL. AFTER YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION AND WEEKS OF TESTING, THE TERMINAL IS SET TO OPEN JUST AHEAD OF THE BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON. NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM HAS BEEN COVERING THIS PROJECT FOR YEARS NOW. HE HAS THE LATEST ON THE GRAND OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS PITTSBURGH’S NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL, AND THIS IS THE TICKET LEVEL. WITH EVERYTHING IN PLACE. AIRSIDE IS IN THAT DIRECTION. AND ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW, THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEW TERMINAL. IT’S CALLED THE TERMINAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY FEATURING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA REGION. MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE GRAND OPENING. THIS IS A CULMINATION OF MORE THAN A DECADE OF WORK, INCLUDING FOUR YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION. SO FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT DAY THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PROUD OF. HERE ARE SOME OF THE FEATURES. NATURAL LIGHT AND DYNAMIC VIEWS OF THE AIRFIELD. 32 TREE COLUMNS TO SUPPORT THE ROOF. EXPANDED TSA CHECKPOINT AND ARTWORK THROUGHOUT BAGGAGE CLAIM. BUT FROM A FUNCTIONAL STANDPOINT, REALLY YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH FASTER, STREAMLINED SECURITY EXPERIENCE. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE A FASTER BAGGAGE CLAIM. IT’S GOING TO BE TWICE AS FAST TO GET YOUR BAGS IN THE NEW TERMINAL COMPARED TO THE OLD TERMINAL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU GET THROUGH, THINGS ARE GOING TO ITS PARKING IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE STREAMLINED FOR FOLKS. BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH. WORK CREWS SPENT MOST OF THE DAY RUNNING FINAL TESTS AND INSPECTIONS INSIDE THE TERMINAL, AND THEN THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED THE GRAND OPENING FOR NEXT WEEK. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. TURNING NOW TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. TEMPERATURES DROPPING NEAR FREEZING TO BEGIN YOUR WORKWEEK AND THE FEELS-LIKE TEMPS IN THE 20S. FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, SOME OF YOU ACROSS THE REGION SAW SOME OF THIS SOME SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. SEVEN SPRINGS POSTING PICTURES ONLINE OF THE SNOW. THEY RECEIVED. THE SKI RESORT SAYS THAT THEY’RE TESTING THEIR SNOW MAKING MACHINES IN ANTICIPATION OF THE UPCOMING SKI SEASON. WE ARE ALMOST THERE. WE’RE JOINED NOW BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY IN YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. ANOTHER CHILLY DAY TOMORROW MORNING. MIKE CERTAINLY IS. AND TEMPERATURES ALREADY VERY COLD OUT THERE. ACTUALLY AN EXCELLENT NIGHT TO TEST OUT THE SNOW MACHINES UP AT SEVEN SPRINGS RESORT. TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S RIGHT NOW WILL DROP DOWN ABOUT ANOTHER FIVE DEGREES WITH THE AIR TEMPERATURE AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW MORNING. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW 25 TO 30 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. AS WE TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT WE DO HAVE WELL, WE’LL SEE IF THIS IS GOING TO GO WELL. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW MORNING. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE WIND CHILLS ARE GOING TO DROP DOWN INTO THE TEENS. LOW TEMPERATURE DOWN AROUND 2425 DEGREES. SO IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE THE CHILLIEST MORNING THAT WE’VE HAD SO FAR THIS SEASON. DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A COLD ONE. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TOMORROW IN THE MID 30S. PITTSBURGH ACTUALLY TO 37. BUT MOST LOCATIONS IN THE MID 30S. SO IT’S GOING TO BE COLD ALL DAY LONG. THE GOOD NEWS WE ARE GOING TO WARM IT UP GRADUALLY EACH DAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MIKE. A NEW YORK MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER ONE TRACTOR TRAILER WAS MOVED ACROSS SOME LOCAL RAILROAD TRACKS. IT HAPPENED LAST MONDAY MORNING IN SPRINGDALE. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS 34 YEAR OLD SCOTT HEFNER MOVED ONE OF THE TRUCKS ACROSS THE TRACKS AND PUT ANOTHER VEHICLE BESIDE THAT. IN THAT SAME SPOT, POLICE SAY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE HELPED THEM IDENTIFY HIM AS THE SUSPECT. THEY SAY THEY LATER INTERVIEWED HEFNER, WHO POLICE SAY ADMITTED TO MOVING THE VEHICLES AT LAST CHECK. HEFNER IS IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL. THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL ANNOUNCED AN INMATE HAS DIED. THE WARDEN SAYS A 38 YEAR OLD MAN HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THEY SAY CREWS TRIED TO REVIVE HIM BUT COULD NOT. HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, BUT WE’RE TOLD THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE JAIL SINCE OCTOBER 1ST AND WAS SENTENCED FOR TWO PFA VIOLATIONS. TONIGHT, AN INDIANA COUNTY COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING AFTER TWO CHILDREN WERE KILLED WHEN A FIRE BROKE OUT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING IN BUFFINGTON TOWNSHIP. 14 YEAR OLD JUSTIN HAAS AND 12 YEAR OLD EMILY ROMELL BOTH DIED EARLY SUNDAY IN THAT FIRE, AND ANOTHER PERSON WAS HURT TRYING TO SAVE THE CHILDREN. AS THE UNITED SCHOOL DISTRICT WORKS TO HELP THE FAMILIES IMPACTED, REPORTER ED DIORIO IS SPEAKING WITH THE UNCLE OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS ABOUT THE SHOCKING LOSS AND HIS GRATITUDE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HELP AFTER THE TRAGEDY. COMMUNITIES IN BOTH INDIANA AND WESTMORELAND COUNTY, INCLUDING HERE IN NEW FLORENCE, ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP THE FAMILIES. THIS FAMILY NEEDS A FULL RECOVERY. THEY EACH FAMILY LOST A CHILD. JJ LUDVIK IS JUSTIN HAAS’S UNCLE, AND HE’S JUST ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO BRIGHTEN UP A ROOM. HE AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO AFTER SUNDAY’S TRAGEDY, SINCE SHE HAD TOLD US AND TOLD ME ABOUT 9:00 YESTERDAY MORNING, THINGS HAD JUST BEEN LIKE COMPLETELY FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. IT’S BEEN PRETTY HECTIC. I’M BARELY SLEEPING AND TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE. LUDWIG SAID JUSTIN WAS STAYING THE NIGHT AT EMILY RUMMEL’S HOUSE WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. NOW, MULTIPLE FAMILIES ARE TRYING TO GATHER WHAT THEY CAN FOR FUNERAL COSTS. WITHIN THE FIRST, I’LL SAY FIVE HOURS, WE HAD REACHED OVER $2,000. THE FAMILIES AREN’T FACING THIS ADVERSITY ALONE. I’M EXTREMELY HAPPY ABOUT THE COMMUNITY COMING THROUGH AND HELPING OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. MULTIPLE GOFUNDME ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN STARTED FOR BOTH FAMILIES. THE UNITED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE BOTH JUSTIN AND EMILY WERE STUDENTS, IS COLLECTING CLOTHES AND DONATIONS FOR THE RUMMEL FAMILY. THE LIGONIER STREET DINER IN NEW FLORENCE IS DONATING A DOLLAR FOR EVERY PURCHASE OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. AND SO FAR, THE COMMUNITIES THEY’RE PULLING THROUGH. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HELPED. THE MEMORIAL FOR JUSTIN HAAS WILL BE HELD HERE AT THE NEW FLORENCE FIRE HALL ON WEDNESDAY FROM 415 TO 6. IF YOU’D LIKE TO DONATE TO EITHER THE HAAS OR RUMMEL FAMILY GOFUNDME PAGE, WE’LL HAVE THOSE LINKS AT WTAE.COM. IN NEW FLORENCE, ED DIORIO, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. TODAY, PITTSBURGH MAYOR ED GAINEY DELIVERED HIS FINAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. GAINEY, OF COURSE, LOST THE MAY PRIMARY TO COREY O’CONNOR. HE NOW REFLECTS ON HIS FOUR YEARS ON GRANT STREET, HIGHLIGHTING HIS EFFORTS AS MAYOR. HE ALSO TOOK SOME TIME TO THANK HIS STAFF AND HIS FAMILY AT A SPECIAL SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. PITTSBURGH, FOR BELIEVING IN MY ADMINISTRATION. YOUR JOURNEY TO MAKE A JUST, HUMANE AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR THE CHILDREN THAT COME BEHIND US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU’VE DONE. AND IT HAS BEEN MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND HONOR TO SERVE AS YOUR MAYOR. MAYOR GAINEY HAS NOT
Police: 2 accused of ‘aggressively’ asking for money during attempted robbery near Pitt campus
Updated: 7:27 PM EST Nov 10, 2025
University of Pittsburgh and city police are asking for help in identifying two suspects accused of “aggressively” asking for money near Pitt’s campus Sunday morning. Officials said the incident was reported just after 2 a.m. on Sunday in the 300 block of Atwood Street. VIDEO ABOVE: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 at 7 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2025Police said that during the incident, the suspects approached the victims and “aggressively asked for money.” One of the suspects lifted their shirt and showed a firearm tucked in their waistband to the victims. The suspects then left the scene towards Bates Street. No injuries were reported, and no money was said to have been taken. Officials describe the first suspect as an “African American male, heavy set, who was wearing a white mask, black hoodie, black Adidas pants with white stripes, and Asics white and gold shoes.”The second suspect is described by police as an “African American male, thin built, who was wearing a black mask, black hoodie, jeans, gray shoes, and a brown cross-body bag.”Anyone with information is asked to call University of Pittsburgh Police Department at 412-624-2121, reference report # 25-03644, or the City of Pittsburgh Police at 412-422-6520, reference report # 25-172936.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
University of Pittsburgh and city police are asking for help in identifying two suspects accused of “aggressively” asking for money near Pitt’s campus Sunday morning.
Officials said the incident was reported just after 2 a.m. on Sunday in the 300 block of Atwood Street.
VIDEO ABOVE: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 at 7 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2025
Police said that during the incident, the suspects approached the victims and “aggressively asked for money.” One of the suspects lifted their shirt and showed a firearm tucked in their waistband to the victims.
The suspects then left the scene towards Bates Street.
No injuries were reported, and no money was said to have been taken.
Officials describe the first suspect as an “African American male, heavy set, who was wearing a white mask, black hoodie, black Adidas pants with white stripes, and Asics white and gold shoes.”
The second suspect is described by police as an “African American male, thin built, who was wearing a black mask, black hoodie, jeans, gray shoes, and a brown cross-body bag.”
Anyone with information is asked to call University of Pittsburgh Police Department at 412-624-2121, reference report # 25-03644, or the City of Pittsburgh Police at 412-422-6520, reference report # 25-172936.
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