{"id":292479,"date":"2026-09-23T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292479\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:58:10","slug":"man-stabbed-in-pittsburgh-following-argument-on-bus-suspect-tased-arrested-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292479\/","title":{"rendered":"Man stabbed in Pittsburgh following argument on bus; suspect tased, arrested \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 A man was stabbed in Pittsburgh\u2019s Garfield neighborhood following an argument on a bus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Officers were called to the 5000 block of Penn Avenue at around 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police said two men were in an argument on a bus, and when they exited, it became physical. The suspect then stabbed the victim once in the abdomen. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Bystanders helped provide first aid to the victim. He was taken to a hospital by medics in critical condition. He was later listed as serious but stable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Officers searching the area found a person matching the suspect\u2019s description in the 5400 block of Baum Boulevard in Bloomfield. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Public safety officials said the suspect resisted arrest and became confrontational, which led to officers deploying their taser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Medics evaluated the suspect at the scene, and he was then taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. Once he is discharged from the hospital, he will be taken to the Allegheny County Jail and charges will be filed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">His identity has not yet been released. <\/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 man was stabbed in Pittsburgh\u2019s Garfield neighborhood following an argument on a bus. Officers were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[25140,121221,82067,4808,73,75,74,206,2794],"class_list":["post-292479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-baum-boulevard","tag-bus-argument","tag-garfield-neighborhood","tag-penn-avenue","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-police","tag-stabbing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292479","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=292479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}