Police: 1 injured, 1 in custody after altercation led to stabbing in Shaler Township
PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR STARTS NOW. HEY EVERYBODY, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I’M KELLY SASSO. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M ANDREW STOCKEY. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON, BEGINNING WITH YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00. AND OUR FIRST STORY TAKES US TO HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, WHERE A MAN IS BEING CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE. POLICE SAY HE TOLD THEM HE KILLED JAMES THOMAS LAST NIGHT AFTER WALKING IN ON THOMAS WITH HIS WIFE. POLICE SAY NAUGLE THEN SHOT THOMAS TEN TIMES. ROUTE 51 IS CLOSED IN WEST MIFFLIN RIGHT NOW. TRAFFIC LIGHTS FELL EARLY THIS MORNING, SHUTTING DOWN ALL FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC. THE ROAD NEAR THE CENTURY THREE MALL HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN ALL DAY. ALL AROUND 40 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 100 WERE INJURED LAST NIGHT IN THE SWISS ALPS. A MASSIVE FIRE BROKE OUT AT A POPULAR SKI RESORT DURING THEIR NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW STARTING THE TASK OF WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THIS. AND COMMUNITIES IN OUR AREA ARE DIGGING THEMSELVES OUT OF SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW. CREWS ARE STILL WORKING ON TREATING THE ROADS, AND RESIDENTS ARE SHOVELING THEIR SIDEWALKS AND SOME MORE SCATTERED FLURRIES COULD BE COMING YOUR WAY THIS EVENING. AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES AT 4:00 ON THIS FIRST AFTERNOON OF 2026. TIME NOW FOR MORE OF PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANKS SO MUCH FOR SPENDING PART OF YOUR DAY WITH US. AND I LIKE HOW YOU JUST SNUCK THAT IN THERE. A COUPLE MORE SNOWFLAKES ARE GONNA FALL TODAY. TAKE IT AWAY, BRIAN. YOU’RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO AT LEAST MAYBE NOT SHOVEL, BUT SWEEP. SWEEP? YES. SWEEPS. THE MOST YOU’LL HAVE TO DO. WE’RE NOT EXPECTING A LOT OF SNOW TONIGHT. NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, BUT SOME FLAKES WILL FLY TONIGHT. AND SO, BECAUSE OF THAT LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OUT THERE NOW, AGAIN, WE’RE NOT EXPECTING A LOT. BY THE TIME EVERYTHING IS DONE. WE’RE TALKING GENERALLY A HALF AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS TO THAT WILL LIKELY BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-68, AND PERHAPS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THAT ALSO COULD FACTOR IN SOME SNOW TOMORROW. BECAUSE OF THAT, A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHLANDS OF PRESTON AND GARRETT COUNTIES. OTHERWISE, AGAIN, THERE ARE NO OTHER ADVISORIES UP. IT IS JUST THOSE TWO PORTIONS OF THOSE TWO COUNTIES, AND WE’RE STAYING COLD AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE ARE IN THE TEENS, TEMPERATURE WISE, ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS MORGANTOWN. AT 21. YOU FACTOR IN THE WIND AND IT FEELS LIKE IT’S FOUR OUTSIDE IN PITTSBURGH, ZERO IN FRANKLIN CURRENTLY FEELS LIKE IT’S THREE IN INDIANA. AGAIN, THAT’S THE STORY FOR US TODAY. WE’RE STAYING COLD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL BE COLD FOR YOUR STEELERS SUNDAY WITH SUNSHINE THOUGH. OR MAYBE IF YOU HAVE SKI PLANS THIS WEEKEND IT’S JUST GOING TO BE COLD WITH SOME SUN AND WE WILL FINALLY BREAK FREEZING BY MONDAY. WHAT ABOUT SUNDAY NIGHT? 20. NOT LIKE THE OTHER GAME WE’RE AT, BUT HEY, IT’S PLAYOFF FOOTBALL WEATHER. HOW ABOUT THAT AFC NORTH FOOTBALL? THAT’S RIGHT. AFC NORTH. HERE WE ARE. OKAY THANKS SO MUCH. WELL SOME ROADS ARE STILL CAUSING LINGERING ISSUES. FOR DRIVERS EVEN THIS AFTERNOON. DRIVERS IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH ESPECIALLY ARE TELLING US MANY OF THE ROADS HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED AS WELL AS THEY WOULD LIKE COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IS REPORTER CARLOS FLORES JOINING US LIVE FROM THE CITY’S GREENFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD THIS AFTERNOON. SO, CARLOS, HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING OVER THERE? WELL, ANDREW KELLY, I WANT TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE. WE’RE ON BEECHWOOD BOULEVARD RIGHT HERE IN GREEN GREENFIELD, RIGHT NEAR THE MAGEE PLAYGROUND. AND IT REALLY KIND OF SUMS UP WHAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, RIGHT HERE ON BEECHWOOD BOULEVARD. YOU CAN SEE IT’S FAIRLY PLOWED WITH SOME SLUSH LEFT BEHIND, WHICH OF COURSE, IS FORCING DRIVERS TO REALLY KIND OF SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION. BUT IF YOU LOOK RIGHT ACROSS THE WAY ON BOULEVARD DRIVE, YOU CAN SEE THAT SNOW HAS BEEN BARELY TOUCHED FOR THE MOST PART. THERE’S STILL PLENTY LEFT BEHIND, WITH PLOWS NOT REALLY GETTING TO IT AT THIS TIME. AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING ACROSS THE CITY. NOW, THERE ARE SOME MAJOR STREETS THAT SAW SOME THAT LOOKED LIKE BOULEVARD DRIVE ACROSS THE WAY, BUT THE MAJORITY REALLY LOOK LIKE BEECHWOOD BOULEVARD, FAIRLY PLOWED, BUT WITH SOME SLUSH LEFT BEHIND. NOW, WE DID TRY TO CATCH UP WITH FOLKS REALLY ENJOYING THE SNOW OUT TODAY TO GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON HOW THE CITY DID, AND WE RECEIVED MAINLY MIXED REVIEWS COMING FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK. WE KNOW THIS IS A DOABLE THING. THIS KIND OF SNOW WOULD BE NO BIG DEAL FOR THEM, SO I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN’T DO BETTER HERE. BASICALLY, EVERY ROAD WAS SNOW COVERED, BUT THE SNOW’S FORTUNATELY PRETTY DRIVABLE AND IT REALLY DIDN’T HAVE ANY TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE CAR STARTING OR STOPPING. IT WAS PRETTY EASY. OKAY, CARLOS, SO I WANT TO ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE CITY AT ALL TODAY ON WHERE THEY SAY THINGS STAND ON GETTING ALL THE ROADS CLEARED. YEAH, I’VE BEEN. KELLY, I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF THE CITY PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY. I WAS ABLE TO HEAR BACK, AND I’M HOPING TO GET THAT ANSWER, BUT WE’RE STILL REALLY WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE. WE’LL BE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED RIGHT HERE AND ONLINE. WTAE.COM RIGHT NOW COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY RIGHT HERE IN GREENFIELD. CARLOS FLORES, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY, CARLOS. THANK YOU. WELL, YESTERDAY CARLOS WAS IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, TRACKING THAT SNOW AS IT WAS MOVING IN. TODAY WE WENT BACK OUT THERE TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO WERE CLEANING UP, AND THEY TELL US THIS STORM WAS A ROUGH ONE. YESTERDAY WAS HONESTLY THE WORST DAY BETWEEN FOUR TILL 2:00 THIS MORNING. IT DIDN’T STOP SNOWING JUST LIKE SQUALL AFTER SQUALL. LITERALLY IT WAS AS SOON AS YOU PLOWED IT. SALTED. IT’S COVERED OVER AGAIN. NO REST AT ALL. GOING ON FOX CHAPEL. AFTER THIS, YOU PROBABLY WON’T BE DONE UNTIL. UNTIL EVERYTHING’S CLEANED UP SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET HOME SAFE. YEAH, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, THEY’RE PRETTY SIMILAR STORY THEY’RE TELLING US BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THEY HAD TO SHOVEL AND SALT MULTIPLE TIMES. NOW BACK TO ONE OF OUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON, WESTMORELAND COUNTY MAN IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AFTER POLICE SAY HE SHOT AND KILLED SOMEONE HE FOUND WITH HIS WIFE. THAT’S RIGHT. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THAT ROBERT NAGEL SHOT JAMES JAMES THOMAS TEN TIMES LAST NIGHT. THE 30 YEAR OLD WAS WAS THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER. DIORIO HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US ALL DAY TODAY. HE’S JOINING US NOW WITH THE DETAILS FROM STATE POLICE. SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WELL, KELLY, THIS ALL STARTED LAST NIGHT WHEN STATE TROOPERS WERE CALLED TO A HOME AT THE 300 BLOCK ON HUGH STREET IN HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP. THEY WERE CALLED THERE BECAUSE WESTMORELAND, 911, HAD RECEIVED A CALL JUST BEFORE 830. AND THE CALLER STATED THAT HE’D WALKED IN ON HIS WIFE WITH ANOTHER MAN AND THAT HE HAD KILLED HIM. THAT’S WHAT THAT’S WHAT LED POLICE TO BELIEVE THAT THE MAN ON THE OTHER END OF THAT LINE WAS THE ALLEGED SHOOTER, ROBERT NAGEL. NOW, ACCORDING TO NAGEL’S CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, WHICH WE GOT EARLIER TODAY, HIS WIFE EMILY HAD TOLD INVESTIGATORS LAST NIGHT THAT ROBERT ACTUALLY FILED FOR DIVORCE IN NOVEMBER AND MOVED OUT OF THEIR HOME ON HUGH STREET TWO DAYS BEFORE WEDNESDAY. AND ONCE HE WAS TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY LAST NIGHT, ROBERT TOLD OFFICERS THAT HE HAD PLANS TO COME TO THE HOUSE ON HUGH STREET ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. EMILY ALLEGEDLY CANCELED THOSE PLANS, BUT ROBERT CAME BACK ANYWAY AND THAT IS WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY WALKED INTO THE HOUSE, SAW JUSTIN, JAMES THOMAS THERE AND SHOT HIM MULTIPLE TIMES, FATALLY KILLING HIM, ACCORDING TO POLICE, KELLY. ANDREW. WELL, POLICE TOLD YOU THAT ROBERT NAGEL CALLED 911 ON HIMSELF. SO DID HE CONFESS TO THAT CRIME? EVERYTHING IN THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FOR NAGEL WOULD SUGGEST THAT. ANDREW, NOT ONLY DID WE MENTION THE 911 CALL THAT WAS MADE LAST NIGHT, BUT AFTER NAGEL WAS TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY AND WAS INTERVIEWED BY INVESTIGATORS, HE ALLEGEDLY TOLD THEM THAT HE DID SHOOT THOMAS WITH THE INTENTION OF KILLING HIM AFTER SEEING HIM WITH HIS WIFE. AND ALL OF THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, NOT JUST QUICKLY, BUT IN A VERY SMALL PART OF HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, AND I TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THIS HOME, AND THEY’RE ALL SHOCKED. AND YOU’LL HEAR FROM ONE OF THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW LAST NIGHT COMING UP AT FIVE AND 6:00, COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY FROM THE STATE POLICE BARRACKS IN GREENSBURG AT DIORIO, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY. AND THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK OUT TO ROUTE 51 NOW IN WEST MIFFLIN, WHERE A CRASH HAS HAD PART OF THAT ROAD SHUT DOWN THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. YOU CAN SEE IN OUR VIDEO HERE THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS KNOCKED DOWN IN THAT AREA. THIS IS RIGHT BY THE DENNY’S. IN THE OLD CENTURY THREE MALL. BECAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT, ALL FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC ARE NOW SHUT DOWN. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW JUST AS SOON AS WE HEAR THAT THEY ARE REOPENING. RIGHT NOW, POLICE IN WEST MIFFLIN ARE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING TEEN. THIS IS 16 YEAR OLD ANGELINA HALL. SHE WAS LAST SEEN ABOUT 9:00 LAST NIGHT. NOW, IF YOU HAVE SEEN HER OR HAVE ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE WEST MIFFLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. MORE NOW ON THE TRAGEDY WHICH TOOK PLACE IN SWITZERLAND. OFFICIALS THERE SAY AROUND 40 PEOPLE ARE DEAD. AT LEAST 115 PEOPLE ARE INJURED AFTER A MASSIVE FIRE AT A POPULAR SKI RESORT IN THE SWISS ALPS. THAT FIRE BROKE OUT AT A BAR RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS. AND NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THIS. ABC’S REENA ROY HAS THE LATEST DETAILS. IT WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR INTO THE NEW YEAR WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. THIS VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS PEOPLE FLEEING AS THE FLAMES SPREAD ACROSS THE CEILING INSIDE THE POPULAR SKI RESORT IN THE SWISS ALPS. ANOTHER VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE SHOWS STUNNED BYSTANDERS OUTSIDE, ONE LOOKING ON SHOCKED, SAYING IN FRENCH IT’S BURNING, THEY’RE GOING TO DIE. WE’RE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE ENTRY TRYING TO ESCAPE AND WAS FULL AND PEOPLE WAS WALKING ON EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ESCAPE AND PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING, TRYING TO ESCAPE. AND I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR, AND I THINK THESE PEOPLE WAS DEAD. THE CONSTELLATION BAR AT THE MONTANA RESORT WAS PACKED WITH PEOPLE RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR, AROUND 130 IN THE MORNING. WE WERE ON THE WAY THERE WHEN WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED, AND THE PLACE WAS ON FIRE. WHEN YOU CAME, IT WAS STILL A BIT LIKE A YEAH, IT WAS FIRE. YOU COULD SEE THE ORANGE, THE ORANGE, YELLOW, RED. DOMINIQUE DUBOIS SAYS HE WATCHED VICTIMS BEING CARRIED OUT BY FIRST RESPONDERS. THERE WERE MANY WHO WERE VERY STRONG. WHO STAYED STRONG AND WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT THEIR LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER, BUT DECIDED THAT MENTALLY, IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO STAY CALM. THE NUMBERS OF INJURIES OVERWHELMING HOSPITALS, AUTHORITIES CALLING THIS AN ACCIDENT AND RULING OUT TERRORISM. TONIGHT THERE WERE PRAYERS IN CHURCH AND A SMALL MEMORIAL WITH FLOWERS AND CANDLES FOR THOSE LOST AND INJURED. OFFICIALS SAY THOSE WHO WERE HURT HAVE SERIOUS INJURIES, INCLUDING SEVERE BURNS, AND MANY FAMILIES ARE STILL WAITING FOR INFORMATION ON THEIR LOVED ONES. REENA ROY, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. BACK HERE, DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN PITTSBURGH’S EAST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SAFETY SAYS ABOUT 730 THIS MORNING, THEY FOUND A WOMAN SHOT IN THE THIGH ON BENNETT STREET. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION. SHE WAS REPORTEDLY UNCOOPERATIVE WITH POLICE. NO WORD THIS AFTERNOON ON ANY SUSPECTS IN THAT CASE. NOW TO ANOTHER SHOOTING IN THE CITY. THIS ONE. EAST ALLEGHENY ON THE NORTH SIDE, JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. OFFICERS FOUND A WOMAN SHOT IN THE LEG ON CONSTANCE STREET. OFFICERS USED A TOURNIQUET UNTIL MEDICS ARRIVED ON SCENE. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS IN STABLE CONDITION. HOW SHE WAS IN WAS ALSO DAMAGED BY GUNFIRE. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SAFETY SAYS THERE ARE NO ARRESTS HERE OR SUSPECT INFORMATION AS OF NOW. WELL, ON MONDAY, PITTSBURGH’S NEW MAYOR WILL BE SWORN INTO OFFICE. COREY O’CONNOR IS SET TO BECOME THE CITY’S 62ND MAYOR COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FOR US. REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM JOINS US NOW LIVE IN SQUIRREL HILL. SHELDON, YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR ELECT TODAY. HOW IS HE FEELING NOW? WITH LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO? YEAH, THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION. I ASKED HIM AND HE SAID HE’S FEELING BOTH EXCITED AND NERVOUS ABOUT BECOMING THE NEXT MAYOR OF PITTSBURGH. BUT HE SAYS IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO PUTTING IN THE WORK NECESSARY TO ELEVATE THE CITY. NOW, O’CONNOR, HE WENT AHEAD TO TELL US OR SHARE WITH US THE ITEMS THAT HE CALLS HIS MOST PRESSING AS HE BEGINS TO SETTLE IN AS MAYOR. HIS TO DO LIST, IF YOU WILL, HE SAYS. THAT INCLUDES ADDRESSING THE CITY BUDGET, ALSO POURING RESOURCES INTO THE CITY FLEET. A FIRST RESPONDER, VEHICLES AND PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES, AS WELL AS REINVENTING DOWNTOWN AND INFUSING NEW ENERGY INTO CITY GOVERNMENT. I THINK WE’RE BRINGING NEW PEOPLE TO CITY GOVERNMENT WITH SOME OLD PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I THINK THAT’S A GOOD COMBO BECAUSE YOU WANT NEW, FRESH IDEAS, BUT YOU ALSO WANT PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND HOW TO RUN GOVERNMENT AND DO THE DAY TO DAY WORK. NOW, ALSO IN THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM COREY O’CONNOR ABOUT THE MATTERS WE JUST SPOKE OF EARLIER, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE IMPORTANT MATTERS THAT HE HAS TO TAKE ON AS SOON AS HE BECOMES MAYOR. FOR NOW, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PITTS
Police: 1 injured, 1 in custody after altercation led to stabbing in Shaler Township
Updated: 10:35 PM EST Jan 1, 2026
One person was taken into custody and another was taken to the hospital following a stabbing in Shaler Township, Allegheny County Thursday afternoon. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on New Year’s Day, 2026Allegheny County police said they were called to the 200 block of Hugel Drive just after 2 p.m. following reports of a stabbing. When officials arrived on the scene, they found an adult woman with multiple stab wounds. She was taken to a nearby hospital and last said to be in stable condition. Officials said preliminary information shows that the victim and another woman were fighting near an apartment building parking lot when the victim was stabbed. The suspect was later identified as 38-year-old Shannon Jennings of Shaler Township. Police said she has since been charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and harassment. She is now being held in the Allegheny County Jail. Anyone with information is asked to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
One person was taken into custody and another was taken to the hospital following a stabbing in Shaler Township, Allegheny County Thursday afternoon.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on New Year’s Day, 2026
Allegheny County police said they were called to the 200 block of Hugel Drive just after 2 p.m. following reports of a stabbing.
When officials arrived on the scene, they found an adult woman with multiple stab wounds. She was taken to a nearby hospital and last said to be in stable condition.
Officials said preliminary information shows that the victim and another woman were fighting near an apartment building parking lot when the victim was stabbed.
The suspect was later identified as 38-year-old Shannon Jennings of Shaler Township. Police said she has since been charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and harassment.
She is now being held in the Allegheny County Jail.
Anyone with information is asked to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
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