A man was critically injured when he was shot in his Wilkinsburg home after walking in on a burglary.
The Allegheny County Police Department said that dispatchers were notified of a shooting along McNary Boulevard in Wilkinsburg just before 8 p.m. on Tuesday. When first responders arrived at the scene, they found a man who had been shot in the chest.
Allegheny County Police are investigating a shooting that happened when a man walked in on his home along McNary Boulevard in Wilkinsburg being burglarized.
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The man was taken to the hospital and was last reported to be in critical condition.
Police said that the early investigation shows that the man who was shot was arriving at his home and interrupted a burglary that was happening inside. No other information was released by law enforcement on Tuesday.
Allegheny County Police Homicide Unit detectives are leading the investigation into the burglary and shooting, and anyone with information is asked to call the county police tip line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS.
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