{"id":266574,"date":"2026-08-16T22:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266574\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T22:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T22:56:13","slug":"mans-head-grazed-by-bullet-after-2-people-break-into-pittsburgh-home-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266574\/","title":{"rendered":"Man\u2019s head grazed by bullet after 2 people break into Pittsburgh home, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 A break-in at a home in Pittsburgh left a man injured Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police were called to the 2000 block of Arlington Avenue in Arlington just before 1:30 p.m. for a reported shooting and a person who\u2019d been hit, according to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Officers arrived to find a man who\u2019d been grazed in the head by a bullet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The man was able to talk with medics, who took him to an area hospital. Though originally listed in critical condition, he\u2019s now stabilized, officials say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Reportedly, two men kicked in the front door of the home and fled afterward. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Officials did not specify whether the victim was familiar with the man, how many shots were fired or who fired them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Detectives processed evidence at the scene, and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 A break-in at a home in Pittsburgh left a man injured Sunday. Police were called to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[29342,36154,112460,112454,112459,50859,1908,112457,112456,73,112458,75,74,31032,112455],"class_list":["post-266574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-avenue","tag-arlington-avenue-break-in","tag-arlington-avenue-shooting","tag-arlington-break-in","tag-arlington-shooting","tag-break-in","tag-door-kicked-in","tag-kick-in-door","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-break-in","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-shooting","tag-pittsburhg-break-in"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}