{"id":94650,"date":"2026-01-23T14:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/94650\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:37:35","slug":"suspect-on-the-run-after-chase-in-wilkinsburg-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/94650\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect on the run after chase in Wilkinsburg, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPolice said they are searching for a suspect who led officers on a chase in Wilkinsburg Wednesday night. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 on WednesdayAllegheny County dispatchers confirmed to Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 that police ended up in the area between Franklin Avenue and Rebecca Avenue around 8 p.m.Action News 4 was on the scene, where jeep was found with heavy front-end damage as a result of the chase. We&#8217;re told by police on the scene that one suspect ran away with no shoes or a cell phone. It is unclear if any injuries were reported or if anyone else was involved. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tWILKINSBURG, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police said they are searching for a suspect who led officers on a chase in Wilkinsburg Wednesday night. <\/p>\n<p>VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Allegheny County dispatchers confirmed to Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 that police ended up in the area between Franklin Avenue and Rebecca Avenue around 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Action News 4 was on the scene, where jeep was found with heavy front-end damage as a result of the chase. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"Crashed vehicle\" title=\"Crashed vehicle \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/crashed-vehicle-6971995380691.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told by police on the scene that one suspect ran away with no shoes or a cell phone. <\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if any injuries were reported or if anyone else was involved. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a target=\"_blank\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police said they are searching for a suspect who led officers on a chase in Wilkinsburg Wednesday night.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[900,894,748,24376,46450,73,75,74,206,46448,11405,2581,450,10555,420,46449,868,46447],"class_list":["post-94650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-action-news","tag-allegheny-county","tag-chase","tag-franklin-avenue","tag-p-m-action-news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-police","tag-rebecca-avenue","tag-run","tag-scene","tag-suspect","tag-top-story","tag-video","tag-wednesdayallegheny-county-dispatcher","tag-wilkinsburg","tag-wilkinsburg-wednesday-night"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94650","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=94650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}