Man hospitalized, 2 homes damaged after shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North
AFTER NOW ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AFTER YEARS OF WAITING, IT IS OPENING DAY FOR THE NEW TERMINAL AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. REACTION FROM SOME OF THE TERMINAL’S FIRST TRAVELERS, AND HOW THE OVERNIGHT TRANSITION WENT FOR AIRPORT OPERATIONS. POLICE SAY THE OWNER OF THIS TRUCK DROVE AROUND WITH A DEAD BODY INSIDE FOR DAYS. THEN THEY SAY HE CONFESSED. WHAT POLICE SAY HE DID AND WHO IS NOW BEHIND BARS. ALL EYES ARE ON THE STEELERS QUARTERBACK ROOM. MIKE TOMLIN ADDRESSED THE MEDIA AFTER AARON RODGERS FRACTURED HIS WRIST. HOW THE TEAM WILL HANDLE THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION THIS WEEK. WE’RE TRACKING RAIN SHOWERS ON THIS IMPACT DAY. I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW LONG THEY’LL STICK AROUND AND WHEN WE’LL DRY OUT. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT SEVEN STARTS NOW, AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT OUT OF EAST MCKEESPORT, ALLEGHENY COUNTY. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A SHOOTING THIS EVENING ALONG WOODMONT AVENUE IN EAST MCKEESPORT. THIS IS THE SCENE HERE. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS TELLING US FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED HERE JUST BEFORE FIVE TONIGHT. AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE ARE ON SCENE INVESTIGATING. WE’LL BRING YOU THE LATEST ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WTAE.COM. WE SAY GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AT 7:00 HERE ON COZI TV. I’M MIKE CLARK. WELL, THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER TODAY. THE NEW TERMINAL OPENED AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LATE LAST NIGHT. AIRPORT OPERATIONS SHUT DOWN THE OLD TERMINAL TO BEGIN THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW ONE. WE WERE THERE AS THE TSA AGENTS SHUT THE GATE ON THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT FOR THE FINAL TIME. AND AS THE FINAL BAGS ARRIVED AT BAGGAGE CLAIM, ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY CEO CHRISTINA CASSOTIS TELLS US THAT THE SWITCHOVER, FOR THE MOST PART, WAS PAINLESS. OPERATIONS WENT WELL THIS MORNING. WE’VE HAD A FEW HICCUPS, MOSTLY AROUND PEOPLE RETURNING RENTAL CARS TO THE FORMER LOCATION, SO WE ARE STAFFING THAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE’VE GOT PEOPLE WHO CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE MEMO THAT WE HAVE A NEW TERMINAL OPENING TODAY. SO FAR, IT’S IT FEELS REALLY FOR US. IT FEELS CALM AND LIKE WE CAN HANDLE EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE FACING TODAY. FOR PASSENGERS, WE KNOW THERE’S STILL A LOT TO GET USED TO, BUT WE SEE THEM WALKING IN, LOOKING UP AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SMILING. EARLY THIS MORNING WE SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE FIRST PASSENGERS TO PASS THROUGH THE NEW TERMINAL. THEY SHARED THEIR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE $1.7 BILLION PROJECT. SO? SO BEAUTIFUL. OVERWHELMING IN A GOOD WAY. IT’S REALLY, REALLY STUNNING. I WAS ABLE TO PARK IN THE NEW TERMINAL GARAGE. IT WAS WELL LIT. PULLED RIGHT IN. I THOUGHT THE LAYOUT WAS FANTASTIC. IT’S REALLY NICE BEING ABLE TO WALK STRAIGHT INTO THE TERMINAL BUILDING AS WELL, AS OPPOSED TO PREVIOUSLY HAVING TO GET ON THE SHUTTLE AFTER SECURITY. SO FIRST IMPRESSIONS SO FAR THE NEW AIRPORT ARE FANTASTIC. HATS OFF TO EVERYONE INVOLVED AND THROWS A LONG, TENUOUS PROCESS WITH THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION, BUT SO FAR EVERYTHING LOOKS FANTASTIC. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON TODAY’S GRAND OPENING LATER TONIGHT ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 11:00. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY IN PITTSBURGH AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PILOTS WITH BUDGET CARRIER ALLEGIANT AIRLINE PICKETING FOR AN END TO ONGOING NEGOTIATION DELAYS. THE PILOTS SAY TALKS FOR THEIR NEW CONTRACT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, AND THEY’RE PUSHING FOR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS THAT MATCH OTHER AIRLINES. 1400 PILOTS TOOK PART IN THE PICKETS ALL ACROSS THE AIRPORTS ACROSS THE U.S. ALL RIGHT, LET’S TURN TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER AND IMPACT DAY FOR SURE. AND THE ON THE TERMINALS OPENING DAY SHOWERS IMPACTING MANY OF YOU ON YOUR COMMUTE HOME FROM WORK THIS EVENING. WE’RE JOINED NOW BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. MIKE, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN TODAY WEATHER WISE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING TODAY. AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE RAIN ON THE WAY TO TOWN. YOU CAN SEE OUT TO THE WEST WE HAVE WIDESPREAD RAIN GETTING SET TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. AND WE HAVE SOME POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE CONTINUING WITH. YOU CAN SEE OVER TOWARDS WHEELING, CANONSBURG UP TO PITTSBURGH, POSSIBLY CRANBERRY AND DOWN SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO MORGANTOWN. YOU’LL LIKELY GET A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD BE MOVING INTO YOUR LOCATION. NOW. THIS WILL BE WITH US TILL ABOUT MIDNIGHT, 1:00 IN THE MORNING. THEN IT WILL MOVE ON. IT WILL BE DRY THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. MOSTLY CLOUDY TO START AND PARTLY CLOUDY LATER ON. TEMPERATURE WISE, WE’RE GOING TO DO MUCH BETTER TOMORROW THAN WE DID TODAY. WE’LL MAKE IT INTO THE 40S AS WE HEAD TOWARDS 3:00 WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 49 DEGREES IN PITTSBURGH. CLOUDS, THEN SOME SUN, SEASONAL TEMPERATURES OF 52 DEGREES. ON THURSDAY IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY. AND THEN ON FRIDAY THAT IS OUR NEXT SHOT AT RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AREA, BUT IT WILL BE WARMER, A HIGH OF 55 DEGREES. I’LL HAVE YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT MIKE, THANKS. RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD. HER ALLEGED KILLER ACCUSED OF BEATING HER AND THEN HIDING HER BODY UNDERNEATH BLANKETS INSIDE OF HIS TRUCK WHILE DRIVING AROUND WITH HER BODY FOR DAYS ONLY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER MARCI CIPRIANI FOUND THAT TRUCK BEING TOWED AWAY, AND SHE HAS THE LATEST ON THE CASE FROM THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL. POLICE SAY 62 YEAR OLD SEAN HIGGINS, WHO IS NOW HERE AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL, BECAME SO ANGRY WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND THAT HE BEAT HER TO DEATH, THEN DROVE AROUND WITH HER BODY FOR DAYS. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE ASKED A FRIEND FOR HELP, BUT INSTEAD THAT FRIEND CALLED POLICE. INVESTIGATORS SAY WHEN THEY WERE CALLED TO THIS PICKUP TRUCK, JACQUELINE WAS STILL INSIDE. POLICE SAY IT WAS HERE IN THE FRONT SEAT WHERE SEAN HIGGINS VIOLENTLY ATTACKED AND KILLED HER SATURDAY, WHILE THE TWO WERE PARKED OUTSIDE. THIS SALTSBURG ROAD HOME IN PLUM BOROUGH, ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS, THE PAIR WAS LIVING IN THE TRUCK. POLICE SAY AFTER HIGGINS BEAT HER, HE COVERED HER BODY WITH BLANKETS AND DUFFLE BAGS, THEN DROVE TO THIS DUMPSTER BEHIND MAX AND ERMAS IN MONROEVILLE TO GET RID OF HIS BELONGINGS, INCLUDING HER PORTABLE OXYGEN MACHINE. THEN, POLICE SAY HIGGINS DROVE AROUND WITH HIS BODY FOR THREE DAYS UNTIL MONDAY, WHEN THEY SAY HE CALLED A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN THIS TURKEY RIDGE ROAD HOME IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, HIGGINS TOLD THE FRIEND THAT HE KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND AND WAS COMING OVER. POLICE SAY THE FRIEND CALLED 911 AND WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY SAY HIGGINS TRUCK WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND HIS BODY WAS STILL IN THE FRONT SEAT, POLICE SAY HIGGINS TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE BLAMED HER FOR GETTING KICKED OUT OF HIS APARTMENT AND FORCED TO LIVE IN HIS TRUCK. WHEN POLICE SAY HIGGINS BECAME SO ANGRY THAT HE BEAT HER TO DEATH. A JUDGE HAS DENIED HIGGINS BAIL AND ORDERED HE REMAIN IN CUSTODY HERE AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL, WHERE HE IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR DECEMBER. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL MARCIE CIPRIANI PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. WE HAVE NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT LED TO A MAN BEING SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE LAST SATURDAY. 28 YEAR OLD RYAN HUNKER WAS FATALLY SHOT AT A HOME IN DERRY TOWNSHIP, WHERE POLICE SAY THEY WERE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT. POLICE SAY HOOKER’S WIFE CALLED 911 AND TOLD DISPATCHERS HER HUSBAND HAD FIRED OFF SEVERAL GUNSHOTS INSIDE THEIR HOME. THE WIFE THEN RAN TO A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE. STATE TROOPERS AND LATROBE POLICE SURROUNDED THE HOME AND DEMANDED THAT HE SURRENDER. AFTER HE CAME OUTSIDE, POLICE SAY HUNKER WAS TASED. THEN, POLICE SAY THE 28 YEAR-OLD FIRED FIRST. POLICE RETURNED FIRE AND FATALLY SHOOTING HIM. IT’S A SHAME THE LAST THING AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER YOU EVER WANT TO DO IS BE, BE, BE STUCK IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE TO DEPLOY YOUR FIREARM TO PROTECT YOURSELF OR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. THE OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. THE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS NOW INVESTIGATING THE SUSPECT, WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO STATE POLICE AGENT ON THE MONTOUR TRAIL LAST YEAR, WILL SERVE UP TO 42 YEARS BEHIND BARS. BACK IN AUGUST, ANTHONY CASON PLEADED GUILTY BUT MENTALLY ILL TO THE DEATH OF BENJAMIN TAYLOR, WHO WAS RUNNING ON THE MOON TOWNSHIP TRAIL AT THE TIME. CASON WAS SENTENCED TO 15 TO 40 YEARS FOR THE TROOPER’S DEATH AND AN
Man hospitalized, 2 homes damaged after shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North
Updated: 8:50 PM EST Nov 18, 2025
Police said a man was taken to the hospital and multiple homes were damaged following a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood Tuesday evening. VIDEO: Top stories at 7 p.m. on Nov. 18, 2025 Pittsburgh police said they were called to the 7000 block of Monticello Street just before 6:30 p.m. for a single ShotSpotter alert totaling eight rounds.When officers arrived at the scene, they said an adult man was found with a single gunshot wound to the arm. He was taken to the hospital and was last said to be in stable condition. Officials said two homes in the area sustained damage from the gunfire. No one inside the homes was injured. The Mobile Crime Unit arrived to process the scene and recovered a firearm and shell casings.The investigation is actively 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 —
Police said a man was taken to the hospital and multiple homes were damaged following a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood Tuesday evening.
VIDEO: Top stories at 7 p.m. on Nov. 18, 2025
Pittsburgh police said they were called to the 7000 block of Monticello Street just before 6:30 p.m. for a single ShotSpotter alert totaling eight rounds.
When officers arrived at the scene, they said an adult man was found with a single gunshot wound to the arm. He was taken to the hospital and was last said to be in stable condition.
Officials said two homes in the area sustained damage from the gunfire. No one inside the homes was injured.
The Mobile Crime Unit arrived to process the scene and recovered a firearm and shell casings.
The investigation is actively ongoing.
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