Fatal shooting investigation underway in Wilkinsburg, police say
SEVEN STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON COZI TV AT 7:00. I’M MIKE CLARK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 20 YEARS, THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS HAVE A VACANCY AT THEIR HEAD COACHING POSITION. THIS AFTERNOON, THE TEAM ANNOUNCED MIKE TOMLIN HAS STEPPED DOWN, THIS COMING LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE TEAM WAS ELIMINATED BY THE HOUSTON TEXANS IN THEIR WILD CARD MATCHUP AT ACRISURE STADIUM. TEAM PRESIDENT ART ROONEY, THE SECOND, RELEASED A STATEMENT IT SAYS IN PART, QUOTE, DURING OUR MEETING TODAY, COACH TOMLIN INFORMED ME THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO STEP DOWN AS OUR HEAD COACH. OBVIOUSLY, I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO MIKE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND SUCCESS WE’VE SHARED OVER THE LAST 19 YEARS. IT IS HARD FOR ME TO PUT INTO WORDS THE LEVEL OF RESPECT AND APPRECIATION I HAVE FOR COACH TOMLIN. HE GUIDED THE FRANCHISE TO OUR SIXTH SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP AND MADE THE PLAYOFFS 13 TIMES DURING HIS TENURE, INCLUDING WINNING THE AFC NORTH EIGHT TIMES IN HIS CAREER. HIS TRACK RECORD OF NEVER HAVING A LOSING SEASON IN 19 YEARS WILL LIKELY NEVER BE DUPLICATED. MY FAMILY AND I AND EVERYONE CONNECTED TO STEELER MANAGEMENT ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE PASSION AND DEDICATION MIKE TOMLIN HAS DEVOTED TO STEELERS FOOTBALL, AND COACH TOMLIN RELEASED A STATEMENT OF HIS OWN THIS AFTERNOON. IT SAYS, IN PART, AFTER MUCH THOUGHT AND REFLECTION, I’VE DECIDED TO STEP DOWN AS HEAD COACH OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS. THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO LEAD THIS TEAM. I’M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR ART ROONEY, THE SECOND, AND THE LATE AMBASSADOR ROONEY, FOR THEIR TRUST AND SUPPORT. I’M ALSO THANKFUL TO THE PLAYERS WHO GAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD EVERY DAY, AND TO THE COACHES AND STAFF WHOSE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION MADE THIS JOURNEY SO MEANINGFUL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK STEELER NATION. YOUR PASSION, LOYALTY AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS REPRESENT WHAT MAKES THIS FRANCHISE TRULY SPECIAL. COACHING IN PITTSBURGH IS UNLIKE ANYWHERE ELSE, AND I WILL ALWAYS TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN HAVING BEEN A STEWARD OF THIS TEAM. WHILE THIS CHAPTER COMES TO A CLOSE. MY RESPECT AND LOVE FOR THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS WILL NEVER CHANGE. I’M EXCITED FOR WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THIS ORGANIZATION, AND I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR MY TIME COACHING IN PITTSBURGH. FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT’S GAME, TOMLIN REFUSED TO SPECULATE ON HIS FUTURE. LISTEN, I’M NOT EVEN IN THAT MINDSET AS I SIT HERE TONIGHT. I’M MORE IN THE MINDSET OF WHAT TRANSPIRED IN THIS STADIUM. AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WHAT WE DID AND DIDN’T DO, NOT A BIG PICTURE MENTALITY TO SIT HERE TONIGHT. NOW THE OFF SEASON FOR THE STEELERS BEGINS. THE ORGANIZATION WILL HIRE JUST THEIR FOURTH COACH SINCE 1969. LAST WEEK’S WIN OVER THE RAVENS TIED TOMLIN WITH HALL OF FAME COACH CHUCK NOLL FOR THE MOST REGULAR SEASON WINS IN STEELERS HISTORY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS DIRECTOR ANDREW STOCKEY, WILL LOOK BACK ON THE NEARLY TWO DECADE TENURE OF MIKE TOMLIN. I’M VERY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT COACH OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS, MIKE TOMLIN. JANUARY 22ND, 2007 A FRESH START IN PITTSBURGH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS, THE STEELERS HAD NEW HEAD COACH AT JUST 34 YEARS OLD, MIKE TOMLIN’S RESUME WAS NOT LONG. FIVE YEARS AS DEFENSIVE BACKS COACH IN TAMPA BAY, ONE YEAR AS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IN MINNESOTA. NOW, HE HELD THE REINS OF A FIVE TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP FRANCHISE. TOMLIN WAS A WINNER IMMEDIATELY IN HIS FIRST YEAR ON THE JOB. THE STEELERS FINISHED TEN AND SIX AND WON THE AFC NORTH. PLAYOFFS WERE A DIFFERENT STORY. THE STEELERS LOST TO JACKSONVILLE IN THE WILD CARD ROUND. TOMLIN’S SECOND SEASON, BETTER THAN HIS FIRST. STEELERS FINISHED 12 AND FOUR, WON THE DIVISION AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY WERE UNSTOPPABLE IN THE PLAYOFFS, ROLLING THROUGH THE CHARGERS, RAVENS, AND CARDINALS TO CLAIM A SIXTH LOMBARDI TROPHY. TOMLIN WAS A SUPER BOWL CHAMPION IN JUST HIS SECOND YEAR ON THE JOB. YEAR THREE. THE STEELERS WENT NINE AND SEVEN, STILL ABOVE 500, SOMETHING STEELER NATION WOULD LATER FIND TO BE A TRADEMARK OF THEIR COACH. TOMLIN HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM REPORTERS QUESTIONS. HIS ANSWERS MAYBE WEREN’T AS DIRECT AS SOME WOULD LIKE, BUT FANS LOOK PAST THAT BECAUSE OF HIS MEMORABLE QUOTES. TOMLIN ISMS WERE BORN, AND I PAINT WITH A BROAD BRUSH. TWO WEEKS IN IN TERMS OF WHERE OUR FOOTBALL TEAM IS. IN 2010, HIS FOURTH YEAR ON THE JOB, THE STEELERS BACK TO WINNING BACK ON TOP OF THE AFC NORTH, BACK TO THE SUPER BOWL. THE STANDARD WAS THE STANDARD, BUT TOMLIN STEELERS FELL SHORT IN THEIR QUEST FOR A SEVENTH, LOMBARDI LOSING TO AARON RODGERS AND THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ON PRO FOOTBALL’S BIGGEST STAGE. AFTER THAT A LULL, THE STEELERS MISSED THE PLAYOFFS IN 2012 AND 2013, THE FIRST TIME THEY FAILED TO QUALIFY IN BACK TO BACK YEARS SINCE THE LATE 90S. BUT BY 2014, TOMLIN HAD THE STEELERS BACK ON TOP OF THE DIVISION. IN 2015, THEY WON THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF GAME IN FIVE YEARS. IN 2016, TWO PLAYOFF WINS. BUT ON THE BRINK OF A TRIP TO THE SUPER BOWL, THE STEELERS STUMBLED IN THE AFC TITLE GAME ON THE ROAD AT NEW ENGLAND. THAT WAS NINE YEARS AGO. IN THE NINE SEASONS SINCE, THE STANDARD HAS CHANGED, IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT TOMLIN NEVER HAD A LOSING SEASON. BUT IT’S ALSO BECOME CLEAR THAT DESPITE THE REGULAR SEASON SUCCESS, THE PLAYOFFS WERE A DIFFERENT TEST. SINCE THAT LOSS IN THE 2016 AFC CHAMPIONSHIP, THE STEELERS HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE PLAYOFFS SIX TIMES, AND THEY ARE ZERO SIX IN THOSE GAMES, MOST RECENTLY SUFFERING A LOPSIDED HOME LOSS TO HOUSTON IN THE 2025 WILD CARD ROUND. TOMLIN’S 19TH SEASON ON THE JOB, HIS PLAYERS DEFENDED HIM. TOMLIN WON 193 REGULAR SEASON GAMES AS COACH OF THE STEELERS, TIED WITH CHUCK NOLL FOR THE MOST ALL TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY, A POETIC FINISH TO THE LATEST ERA OF STEELER FOOTBALL. MIKE TOMLIN LEAVES THE STEELERS, LEAVING THE STEELERS BRINGS THE NINTH HEAD COACHING VACANCY IN THE NFL THIS SEASON. THE STEELERS ARE SEARCHING FOR A NEW COACH, ALONG WITH BALTIMORE AND CLEVELAND WITHIN THE AFC NORTH, AS WELL AS TEAMS LIKE ARIZONA, ATLANTA, LAS VEGAS, MIAMI, THE NEW YORK GIANTS AND THE TENNESSEE TITANS, AND SOME BIG NAMES COACHING AND SOME BIG NAMES WHO ARE COACHING ARE STILL OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A JOB. THE NAMES INCLUDE THE RAVENS JOHN HARBAUGH, WHO WAS LET GO LAST WEEK, THE BROWNS KEVIN STEFANSKI. THERE’S ALSO MIKE MCDANIEL AND PITTSBURGH NATIVE MIKE MCCARTHY. THERE’S PETE CARROLL, BRIAN DABOLL, AMONG OTHERS. NO WORD YET IF THE STEELERS WILL INTERVIEW ANY OF THESE FORMER HEAD COACHES. ART ROONEY, THE SECOND, IS SET TO MEET TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WELL, THE BIG NEWS COMING IN AS WE OFFICIALLY ARE NOW 100 DAYS FROM HOSTING THE NFL DRAFT IN PITTSBURGH RIGHT NOW, CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON ARTS LANDING IN THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. OUR TIME ON TIME TO BE COMPLETE BY THE NFL DRAFT IMPROVEMENTS ALSO INCLUDE POINT STATE PARK, MUCH OF THE REPAIRS FINISHING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. MAYOR COREY O’CONNOR SAYS THEY’RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSIT ARE READY FOR THE CROWDS. AND TODAY, VISIT PITTSBURGH ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE A5K RACE ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE NFL DRAFT. THE DRAFT WILL BE HELD APRIL 23RD THROUGH THE 25TH. ALL RIGHT. YOU SAW SOME OF THE WEATHER. LET’S TURN TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER TONIGHT LOOKING LIVE OVER DOWNTOWN FROM OUR ACTION CAM A WARMER AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR AREA, BUT A CHANCE OF RAIN TURNING INTO SNOW IS ON THE RADAR. WE’RE JOINED NOW BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY AND YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. MIKE, WE’RE COOLING DOWN A BIT AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. WE CERTAINLY WILL. IT’S GOING TO GET DOWNRIGHT COLD OUT THERE AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEK. FOR TOMORROW, WE’LL HAVE SOME RAIN THAT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 40S, AND THEN DROP OFF BELOW 32 DEGREES. SO THAT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS. IN THE MORNING. WE’LL HAVE RAIN SHOWERS THAT WILL ARRIVE. THEY’LL STAY RAIN INTO THE AFTERNOON AND THEN SWITCH OVER TO SNOW AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THEN IT WILL BECOME SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE MOST PART. AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY. AS FAR AS HOW MUCH SNOW WE’RE LOOKING AT IN PITTSBURGH, UP TO MAYBE AN INCH OF SNOW, HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS, UP TO THE NORTHERN AREAS CLOSER TO I-80. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 1 TO 3IN OF SNOW AS WE GO THROUGH TOMORROW. IT’LL BE MILD FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING HOURS, WE GET COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW. SO RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY IT GETS VERY COLD. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 23 DEGREES. WIND CHILL IN THE MOR
Fatal shooting investigation underway in Wilkinsburg, police say
Updated: 10:13 PM EST Jan 13, 2026
Officials said an investigation is underway into a fatal shooting in Allegheny County that occurred Tuesday night. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Jan. 13, 2026Allegheny County dispatchers confirmed to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that officials were called to the scene along South Avenue and Mulberry Street just before 9 p.m. Our photojournalist on the scene captured multiple police vehicles blocking off the intersection to oncoming and incoming traffic. County police later confirmed they were called to the scene. No additional information has been provided at this time. This is a developing story. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
WILKINSBURG, Pa. —
Officials said an investigation is underway into a fatal shooting in Allegheny County that occurred Tuesday night.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Jan. 13, 2026
Allegheny County dispatchers confirmed to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that officials were called to the scene along South Avenue and Mulberry Street just before 9 p.m.
Our photojournalist on the scene captured multiple police vehicles blocking off the intersection to oncoming and incoming traffic.
County police later confirmed they were called to the scene.
No additional information has been provided at this time.
This is a developing story.
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