{"id":138598,"date":"2026-03-15T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/138598\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:01:09","slug":"person-shot-inside-prt-bus-along-east-busway-in-pittsburgh-police-searching-for-2-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/138598\/","title":{"rendered":"Person shot inside PRT bus along East Busway in Pittsburgh; police searching for 2 suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/17b87c3a1261266156a1bc42b2c566ad.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A person was shot inside a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PRT officials say the shooting happened just before 5 p.m. in a P1 bus near the Homewood Station along the East Busway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police are searching for two juveniles believed to be involved in the shooting, officials say. Both of the juveniles got off the bus and fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The East Busway is temporarily closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FREE WPXI News app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch WPXI NOW&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A person was shot inside a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus on Saturday. 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