{"id":165093,"date":"2026-04-14T03:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/165093\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T03:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:22:39","slug":"jury-acquits-man-accused-of-shooting-teen-in-downtown-pittsburgh-last-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/165093\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury acquits man accused of shooting teen in Downtown Pittsburgh last year"},"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\/04\/48c297a87ab3c8dfaae76352255ff759.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A jury acquitted a man who was accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/person-shot-downtown-pittsburgh\/OXEK4UUJG5GGHGL2GGFM4JFLXM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shooting a teenager in Downtown Pittsburgh.;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;shooting a teenager in Downtown Pittsburgh.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">shooting a teenager in Downtown Pittsburgh.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-police\/7VUOIMO3IBAY3LZNBREDCZBKII\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PHOTOS: Police respond to shooting in Downtown Pittsburgh;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;PHOTOS&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PHOTOS: Police respond to shooting in Downtown Pittsburgh<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said Martel Hedge Junior shot the teen along Smithfield Street in February of last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/police-file-charges-against-man-downtown-pittsburgh-shooting\/AWTV5XUFDRC4ZNVZXYYDHSLYJE\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Police file charges against man in Downtown Pittsburgh shooting;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;PREVIOUS COVERAGE &amp;gt&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Police file charges against man in Downtown Pittsburgh shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hedge was charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person. During a trial on Monday, he was found not guilty of all charges.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Court documents say that Hedge said he shot the teen in self-defense after a group of them \u201cjumped him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That shot put the teen in the hospital for weeks with damage to his kidney and liver.<\/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 jury acquitted a man who was accused of shooting a teenager in Downtown Pittsburgh. 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