Police investigating after racial slur spray-painted on Pittsburgh auto body shop

Police investigating after racial slur spray-painted on Pittsburgh auto body shop

MORE EXECUTIVE ORDERS IN HIS FIRST YEAR BACK IN OFFICE THAN HIS ENTIRE FIRST TERM COMBINED. IT’S THE MOST ANY U.S. PRESIDENT HAS SIGNED IN THAT TIME SPAN SINCE 1945. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JACKIE DEFUSCO WITH OUR GET THE FACTS DATA TEAM, WALKS US THROUGH SOME OF THE BIGGEST ONES SO FAR. IN HIS FIRST YEAR BACK IN OFFICE, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, LARGELY GOVERNED THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDER, STRETCHING THE LIMITS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER AND OFTEN MEETING LEGAL BARRIERS. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SIGNED 229 EXECUTIVE ORDERS IN HIS SECOND TERM SO FAR, ACCORDING TO OUR GET THE FACTS DATA TEAM. THEIR ANALYSIS FINDS HIS TOP FOCUS AREAS RANGED FROM GOVERNMENT REFORM TO NATIONAL SECURITY, THE ECONOMY AND TARIFFS. A JAM PACKED YEAR THAT GOT OFF TO A FAST PACED START. THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA BEGINS RIGHT NOW. PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED DOZENS OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON DAY ONE, DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER, ROLLING BACK ENERGY REGULATIONS AND PREVENTING A BAN ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA APP TIKTOK. HE ALSO CREATED THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, WHICH OVERSAW SWEEPING SPENDING AND STAFF CUTS ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HE TAPPED INTO CULTURE WARS, CALLING FOR AN END TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS AND BANNING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH FROM WOMEN’S SPORTS. THE WAR ON WOMEN’S SPORTS IS OVER. LAST SUMMER, HE SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER PRESSURING CITIES TO REMOVE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. OTHER DIRECTIVES TOOK CONTROL OF WASHINGTON, DC’S LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DEPLOYED THE NATIONAL GUARD IN A CRACKDOWN THAT WOULD SOON SPREAD ELSEWHERE. OTHER CITIES ARE HOPEFULLY WATCHING THIS. MANY OF HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE STILL CAUGHT UP IN LEGAL BATTLES. PENDING BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. HIS EFFORT TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND HIS SO-CALLED RECIPROCAL TARIFFS, ANNOUNCED ON VIRTUALLY ALL U.S. TRADING PARTNERS ON WHAT HE DUBBED LIBERATION DAY LAST SPRING. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS, IN MY OPINION, IN AMERICAN HISTORY. AS THE NEW YEAR GETS UNDERWAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS URGING CONGRESS TO CODIFY HIS PUSH TO BRING DOWN PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS BY TYING PRICES TO LOWER RATES PAID IN OTHER COUNTRIES. AFTER ALL, WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION FROM LAWMAKERS, MANY OF HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE AT RISK OF BEING UNDONE BY FUTURE PRESIDENTS. NOW, WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SIGNED A LOT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMPARED TO OTHER MODERN PRESIDENTS, HE STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO TOP FRS RECORD OF MORE THAN 1000 ORDERS SIGNED IN ONE TERM. REPORTING IN WASHINGTON. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WILL DO IT FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 5:00. KEEP IT RIGHT HERE, THOUGH. THE NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. NOW ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAYS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW FAR WIND CHILLS WILL DROP AND WHEN WE COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. BREAKING RIGHT NOW, A 62 YEAR OLD MAN FOUND BEATEN AND STABBED TO DEATH. HIS ROOMMATE NOW IN CUSTODY. WE HAVE THE LATEST FROM POLICE. JUST MINUTES. WE WERE ALL TOLD WE NO LONGER HAVE A JOB. MORE THAN 150 WORKERS AT NEMACOLIN NOW LAID OFF. ACCORDING TO ONE EMPLOYEE HERE. WHAT THE COMPANY HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS STRATEGIC WORKFORCE REDUCTION TONIGHT. COMING UP, WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT A LAWSUIT THAT NAMES A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AIMED AT HELPING CHILDREN AND WHAT THE LEAD ATTORNEY CALLS THEIR ROLE IN THEIR ABUSE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS NOW. AND WE’LL START AT SIX WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER ON THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH ON THIS IMPACT DAY. BUT WE’RE LOOKING AHEAD TO MORE BRUTAL COLD AND A CHANCE FOR POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND. WE DO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT SIX. I’M ANDREW STOCKEY I’M KELLY SASSO. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THE FORECAST BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THAT STORM APPROACHING THIS WEEKEND, EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT. BUT WE HAVE SOME MORE SNOW COMING TONIGHT. YEAH, WE CERTAINLY DO. SNOW SOUTH AND EAST OF PITTSBURGH RIGHT NOW AND A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE GO LATER INTO TONIGHT. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO THE WEEKEND, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS WILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR. FIRST OF ALL, WE’RE GOING TO BE HAVING FRIGID LOW TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY. LOWS DOWN AROUND ZERO DEGREES. WIND CHILL. THAT’S GOING TO START FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS ARE GOING TO BE WELL BELOW ZERO. GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT OUT THERE. FRIDAY NIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH SATURDAY. COULD SEE WIND CHILLS AROUND 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. AND THEN ON SUNDAY WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW IN THE AREA AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE SNOW THAT’S MOVING THROUGH CONNELLSVILLE AND UNIONTOWN UP TOWARDS FARMINGTON CHALK HILL AND OVER TOWARDS SOMERSET COUNTY. THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OFF TO THE EAST, A LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHT SNOW AND SOME FLURRIES AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN WE TAKE IT INTO THURSDAY WHERE WE’LL HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. YOU HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR OUR EASTERN COUNTIES AND UP TO THE NORTH ALONG I-80. THIS IS WHERE YOU STILL COULD SEE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT. TOMORROW. NOT A BAD DAY AT ALL. WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE IN THE 30S THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WIND WON’T BE TOO BAD, BUT THEN WE TAKE IT INTO FRIDAY. THE COLD AIR BEGINS TO ARRIVE, A LOW OF 18, HIGH OF 24, AND THEN WE GO INTO SATURDAY, FRIDAY, LATE INTO SATURDAY, AS WE’LL HAVE THOSE WIND CHILLS THAT WILL BE WELL BELOW ZERO. LOW TEMPERATURE ON SATURDAY OF ONE HIGH OF 14, SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. AND THEN ON SUNDAY THAT’S WE’RE TRACKING THE STORM THAT WILL BE MOVING CLOSE TO US AS WE GO TO THE END OF THE WEEKEND. LOW OF EIGHT DEGREES, ALSO COLD, HIGH OF 22. BUT WE WILL BE TRACKING THE SNOW SHOWERS AS WE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW IN THE AREA TO FINISH OUT THE WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT MIKE, THANK YOU. WELL, IN ADVANCE OF THAT POSSIBLE WINTER STORM HEADED OUR WAY. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO SAYS PIMA STATE POLICE AND PENNDOT ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO PREPARE, INCLUDING GETTING EQUIPMENT READY TO CLEAR ROADS AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE SALT SHORTAGE PLAGUING MANY SOUTH HILLS COMMUNITIES. WHITEHALL BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEIR PUBLIC WORKS RECEIVED SIX TRUCKLOADS OF SALT TODAY. THEY SAY THEY’RE STILL AWAITING DELIVERY OF THE REST OF WHAT THE BOROUGH ORDERED, BUT WILL HELP SUPPORT ONGOING SNOWFALL RESPONSE. NO WORD TONIGHT IF THE OTHER BOROUGHS ALSO RECEIVED SALT SHIPMENTS, AND OUR TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS POTENTIAL STORM ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE ON OUR WEBSITE, WTAE.COM, AND OF COURSE ON THE. WTAE APP. NOW BACK TO OUR BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. A MAN IS ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF BEATING AND STABBING HIS ROOMMATE TO DEATH AT A HALFWAY HOUSE IN THE CITY’S FRIENDSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM IS AT PITTSBURGH POLICE HEADQUARTERS FOR US TONIGHT WITH THE LATEST ON THIS INVESTIGATION. PITTSBURGH POLICE SAY THE HOMICIDE AND A FRIENDSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE RESULT OF AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN ROOMMATES. BUT THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE THE MOTIVE. 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. POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO TWO 911 CALLS AT 220 SOUTH AIKEN AVENUE LAST NIGHT. THEY SAY THE FIRST CALL WAS ABOUT A VERBAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN ROOMMATE, BUT THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF POTENTIAL VIOLENCE. BUT A SECOND 911 CALL WAS MADE ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER THAT A MAN WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AND BADLY BEATEN. HE IS IDENTIFIED AS TIMOTHY MORAN. POLICE SAY HE WAS BEATEN AND STABBED BY HIS ROOMMATE, ERIC HENDERSON, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY HENDERSON WHO MADE THE FIRST 911 CALL ABOUT THEIR VERBAL ALTERCATION. POLICE SAY THE HOME IS A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR MEN FIGHTING ADDICTION. HERE’S REACTION FROM THE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY GROUP. AS THE HEAD OF FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY GROUP, I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE REST OF OUR BOARD TODAY AND WE’RE ALL JUST DISHEARTENED TO SEE THIS HAPPEN IN A CLOSE KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE FRIENDSHIP. AND AT THIS HOUR, ERIC HENDERSON IS AWAITING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS ON THE NORTH SIDE. SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. SHANNON. THANK YOU. NEW TONIGHT. RIVER RESCUE RESPONDED WITH POLICE TO HELP A MAN WHO ENDED UP IN THE RIVER TODAY AT POINT STATE PARK. THEY SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 330 THIS AFTERNOON, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HIM TO SHORE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION, BUT PRETTY BIZARRE HERE. OFFICERS FOUND A $30,000 HARP ON THE RIVER NEAR HIM. YES, THE INSTRUMENT HARP. THEY ARE NOW INVESTIGATING IF THE HARP BELONGED TO THE MAN. NEW TONIGHT. A MAN FACING CHARGES ACCUSED OF GROPING A WOMAN WORKING AS HIS BROTHER’S IN-HOME CARETAKER. ACCORDING TO THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY D-A, THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE 74 YEAR OLD RONALD FIELDS TOUCHED HER INAPPROPRIATELY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS LAST YEAR IN ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP. FIELDS IS CHARGED WITH INDECENT ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT. WELL, TONIGHT, NEMACOLIN RESORT CONFIRMS IT IS LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES TO REALIGN ITS BUSINESS NEEDS. COVERING FAYETTE COUNTY TONIGHT, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES ON THE SUDDEN MEETING, TELLING THEM THEY NO LONGER HAVE JOBS. A NOW FORMER EMPLOYEE OF NEMACOLIN TELLS ME HE WAS SHOCKED WHEN HE SHOWED UP TO A MEETING YESTERDAY AND WAS TOLD HE WAS GOING TO BE OUT OF THE JOB THAT HE HAD HAD FOR NEARLY NINE YEARS. HE SAID HE AND MORE THAN 150 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE LAID OFF, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. I KNOW A LOT OF US FEEL COMPLETELY DISCARDED, AND AS IF OUR TIME THERE JUST MEANT NOTHING. AND THE GOOD WORK THAT WE DID DO. BILL MALEY, A DUAL RATE SLOT SUPERVISOR AT THE CASINO AT NEMACOLIN, LOSING HIS JOB OF NEARLY NINE YEARS. HE SAID HE WAS GIVEN THE NEWS IN A MEETING WITH COMPANY LEADERS TUESDAY AND HANDED AN INFORMATIONAL PACKET THAT INCLUDED A LIST OF IMPACTED POSITIONS DATED NOVEMBER 4TH. IN JUST MINUTES, WE WERE ALL TOLD WE NO LONGER HAVE A JOB AND WE WERE GIVEN A PACKET THAT WAS PREPARED ON NOVEMBER 4TH AND INCLUDED SEVERANCE PACKAGE. I MEAN, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT A BUSINESS DECISION, IT’S TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IF THE COMPANY KNEW THAT THIS WAS COMING, IT’D JUST BE IT WOULD BE RESPECTFUL TO HAVE GIVEN US MAYBE MORE OF A HEADS UP. FOR TIME TO PREPARE. MALEY COUNTING MORE THAN 150 OTHER POSITIONS CUT. NEMACOLIN DIDN’T SAY HOW MANY EMPLOYEES IT WAS LAYING OFF, BUT SAID IN A STATEMENT, QUOTE, NEMACOLIN HAS ANNOUNCED A STRATEGIC WORKFORCE REDUCTION FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF ITS CURRENT OPERATIONS DRIVEN BY CHANGES IN AVAILABLE ROOM INVENTORY THAT HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED GUEST VOLUME AND OPERATIONAL DEMAND. AS A RESULT, STAFFING LEVELS IN SPECIFIC AREAS MUST BE REALIGNED TO REFLECT THESE BUSINESS NEEDS. WE WERE TOLD THINGS ARE STABLE. THERE ARE ALWAYS JOB FAIRS. THEY’RE ALWAYS HIRING. THERE’S ALWAYS NEW EMPLOYEES IN THE TAKING FLIGHT COURSE, WHICH IS THE ONBOARDING AT NEMACOLIN. MALEY, WHO WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR TEN WEEKS OF SEVERANCE PAY, OPTING OUT. IF I DID, I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. OR THEY CAN SEEK A WAY TO GET IT BACK. THIS WAS MORE VALUABLE TO ME TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK MY MIND FOR MYSELF AND FOR OTHERS WHO ARE. UNFORTUNATELY AFRAID TO SPEAK. BEYOND THE STATEMENT NEMACOLIN SHARED, THE COMPANY HAS NOT ANSWERED ANY OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION OR THE REASONING BEHIND THE LAYOFFS. COVERING FAYETTE COUNTY IN FARMINGTON, KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. NEW TONIGHT A MAN PLEADED GUILTY TO 20 CHARGES, INCLUDING. HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE AND DUI. THIS IN CONNECTION TO A DEADLY CRASH LAST SUMMER IN BEAVER FALLS. POLICE SAY ISRAEL TOON KOOCH WAS DRUNK WHEN HE CRASHED INTO A CAR ON SEVENTH AVENUE AND 11TH STREET IN JUNE, KILLING BOTH PEOPLE INSIDE. PEDESTRIAN WAS ALSO HIT BUT DID SURVIVE. NO WORD ON WHEN TOON KOOCH WILL BE SENTENCED. RIGHT NOW, A NONPROFIT MEANT TO HELP OUR YOUTH IS AT THE CENTER OF A NEW LAWSUIT AFTER A SOCIAL WORKER WAS CHARGED FOR HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A 14 YEAR OLD CLIENT. NOW, ONLY PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER JASMINE RODRIGUEZ SPOKE WITH THE LEAD ATTORNEY ON THE CASE ON HOW THEY CLAIM YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAMS DID NOT DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE VICTIM. THE LEAD ATTORNEY DETAILING INSTANCES SHE REFERS TO AS RED FLAGS THAT THE ORGANIZATION MISSED THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO THAT 14 YEAR OLD BEING ABUSED. THIS SOCIAL WORKER SOUGHT OUT A 14 YEAR OLD, ASKED FOR HER TO BE TRANSFERRED TO HER CASELOAD, SPENT AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF TIME WITH HER BOTH AT THE PROGRAM, OUTSIDE OF THE PROGRAM. COMMUNICATED WITH HER THROUGHOUT THE WORKDAY ON HER WORK PHONE, HAD PICTURES OF HER HANGING IN HER OFFICE, AND EVENTUALLY HAD HER NAME TATTOOED ON HER BODY. IT BEGAN BACK IN 2018, WHEN THE VICTIM WAS SEEKING SERVICES THROUGH YOUTH ADVOCATES PROGRAM, OR YAP, FOR TRUANCY ISSUES. SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO ORIGINALLY ONE CASEWORKER, AND ANOTHER CASEWORKER TOOK A SPECIAL INTEREST IN HER. A YOUNGER SOCIAL WORKER THERE. THAT CASEWORKER WAS 27 YEAR OLD BRITTA EMBERG, WHO BEGAN EXPRESSING ROMANTIC INTEREST ON THE VICTIM. SHE COERCED HER INTO A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, SAYING THAT SHE WOULD END HER SERVICES AT YOUTH ADVOCATES PROGRAM IF THEY DIDN’T DATE. THE LAWSUIT DOES NAME BRITTA EMBERG, BUT IT MOSTLY SEEKS DAMAGES AGAINST YAP FOR THE INSTANCES THAT WENT UNNOTICED AND THAT WERE NOT INVESTIGATED FURTHER. THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE MISSING VERY CLEAR RED SIGNS, RIGHT? RED FLAGS GOING UP IN THIS BEHAVIOR. AND BURKE IS CURRENTLY SERVING PROBATION AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND CORRUPTION OF MINORS COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY. IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. JASMINE RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. RIGHT NOW IN SCOTT TOWNSHIP, A CAR CRASHES INTO A DENNY’S, LEAVING A GAPING HOLE BEHIND. TAKE A LOOK. THIS WAS THE SCENE AROUND 930 ON GREENTREE ROAD. NOW LOOK AT THE SCENE. WHILE CREWS WERE PULLING THAT CAR OUT AND TOWING IT AWAY. OFFICIALS SAY A 91 YEAR OLD MAN HIT THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE, LAUNCHING THE CAR INTO THE DINER. THREE CUSTOMERS WERE HURT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT ALL HAVE MINOR INJURIES. THE RESTAURANT CLOSED FOR NOW AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WILL LOOK INTO WHEN IT COULD REOPEN. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY TODAY. UPMC NURSES BEGAN NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT RIGHT AROUND 1000 NURSES AND ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS FROM UPMC MAGEE-WOMENS HOSPITAL FORMED A UNION LAST YEAR, AND THEIR GOAL WAS PUTTING THE FOCUS BACK ON PATIENT CARE WELL BEFORE THE NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN. DOZENS OF NURSES GATHERED TODAY TO ANNOUNCE WHAT THEY’RE CALLING A GROUNDBREAKING AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO NEGOTIATIONS. AND WITH THAT, THEY ARE CALLING ON THE COMMUNITY FOR INPUT. WE’VE REALLY CENTERED OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, AND NOW WE’RE FORMALIZING THAT WITH A SURVEY SO PEOPLE CAN GO TO ELEVATING HEALTH DOT ORG, AND WE INVITE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, NURSES, PATIENTS, EVERYONE TO GO ON AND GET THEIR INPUT IN. AND THEN WE WILL USE THAT TO SORT OF COLOR OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON WHAT OUR PATIENTS REALLY NEED. WE HAVE A LINK TO THAT SURVEY ON WTAE.COM. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR ALSO DID REACH OUT TO UPMC FOR THEIR RESPONSE TO THIS FIRST NEGOTIATION. UPMC SAID 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

Police investigating after racial slur spray-painted on Pittsburgh auto body shop

Updated: 7:01 PM EST Jan 21, 2026

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Police are seeking information after they said a racial slur was painted onto the building of an auto body shop in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Wednesday Pittsburgh police said officers were called to the 7600 block of Finance Street and spoke to the owner of an auto body shop in the area. The owner told police he arrived at work on Wednesday morning to find a racial slur in black spray paint on the building and door.Next to the slur was written, “JUX WAS HURE, BBT D4C,” police said. Additional graffiti was found on the door, but it was not legible. All of the graffiti was done in the same black spray paint. The owner said the last time he was at the building was on January 19.Anyone with information is asked to call Zone 5 plainclothes detectives at (412) 665-3605.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 are seeking information after they said a racial slur was painted onto the building of an auto body shop in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood.

VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Wednesday

Pittsburgh police said officers were called to the 7600 block of Finance Street and spoke to the owner of an auto body shop in the area. The owner told police he arrived at work on Wednesday morning to find a racial slur in black spray paint on the building and door.

Next to the slur was written, “JUX WAS HURE, BBT D4C,” police said.

Additional graffiti was found on the door, but it was not legible. All of the graffiti was done in the same black spray paint.

The owner said the last time he was at the building was on January 19.

Anyone with information is asked to call Zone 5 plainclothes detectives at (412) 665-3605.

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