Police: Man dies after being found with ‘significant trauma’ to head, face inside Pittsburgh home
<“áááHARVEY NOW ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AN IMPACT DAY TOMORROW FOR ANOTHER VERY COLD START. I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW FAR WIND CHILLS WILL FALL. COPING WITH THE COLD. BECAUSE YOUR LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON IT. THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE TO WORK IN THEIR STORY. UP NEXT, PUMPING CAPACITY AT PITTSBURGH’S WATER INTAKE PLANT WAS DISRUPTED TODAY. COMING UP, WE’LL TELL YOU THE REASON WHY PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT SEVEN STARTS NOW. WE ARE KICKING THINGS OFF TONIGHT WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION, WEATHER, BITTER COLD, TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS TODAY, PROMPTING A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AT 7:00. I’M KRISTIN POWERS IN FOR MIKE CLARK. WE ARE JOINED BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. AND MIKE, THIS WINTER WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. IT CERTAINLY DOES. AND THIS MORNING VERY DIFFICULT. WE HAD WIND CHILLS AND A LOT OF LOCATIONS 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IS WHAT IT FELT LIKE WITH THE WIND CHILL OUTSIDE. TEMPERATURES VERY COLD AND THEY STILL ARE 13 DEGREES IS OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURE WIND NOT BLOWING HARD, BUT ENOUGH TO TAKE OUR FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURE DOWN TO FOUR DEGREES RIGHT NOW. AND THAT’S IN PITTSBURGH. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS IN PLACES LIKE DUBOIS AT FIVE NINE IN BUTLER, CLARION AND NEW CASTLE, SEVEN IN FRANKLIN. YOU ADD IN THE WIND, THOUGH, AND IT FEELS LIKE SIX BELOW ZERO IN FRANKLIN, ONE IN INDIANA, THREE IN MONROEVILLE, GREENSBURG AND SOMERSET FEELS LIKE TWO DEGREES OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS IN THE MORNING, WE’LL HAVE WIND CHILLS DOWN AROUND ZERO ONCE AGAIN, LOW IN PITTSBURGH, DOWN AROUND EIGHT DEGREES. BUT WE’LL DO MUCH BETTER IN THE AFTERNOON. NOW WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE SNOW SHOWERS OFF AND ON THROUGH THE DAY, BUT OUR HIGHS TOMORROW WILL BE REACHING THE MID 30S. TODAY WE ONLY HIT A HIGH OF 17 DEGREES SO AT LEAST WILL BE IMPROVING IN THAT REALM. AND THAT WILL ALSO BE THE CASE AS WE GO INTO THURSDAY. LATER IN THE DAY, CLOSE TO THE MID 30S AND THEN THE NEXT BLAST OF FRIGID AIR MOVES RIGHT BACK IN FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE A COLD ONE. IT IS GOING TO BE BRUTAL. ON SATURDAY, LOW TEMPERATURE OF ONE HIGH OF 12. WIND CHILLS LIKELY AROUND 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON SATURDAY MORNING. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP. JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT MIKE, SEE YOU SOON. ALLEGHENY RIVER CAUSING A BLOCKAGE AT THE PITTSBURGH WATER INTAKE, IMPACTING WATER SERVICE IN PARTS OF THE AREA. THE BLOCKAGE FORCED OFFICIALS TO CALL IN A BARGE AND TUGBOAT TO BREAK UP THAT ICE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ HAS THE VERY LATEST FROM O’HARA TOWNSHIP, AS PITTSBURGH WATER SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MITIGATE THAT ICE FORMATION ON THE RIVER. PUMPING CAPACITY HAS NOW RETURNED BACK TO NORMAL. A BARGE AND TUGBOAT CAME THROUGH TO BREAK UP THE ICE AND DEBRIS THAT COULD ACCESS. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, PITTSBURGH WATER SAYS COLD TEMPERATURES LED TO ICE OBSTRUCTING WATER INTAKE ALONG THE ALLEGHENY RIVER. THAT OBSTRUCTION REDUCED THE VOLUME OF TREATED WATER PRODUCED AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. ALTHOUGH ICE IN THE RIVER IS VERY COMMON THIS YEAR, THE COMPANY DID SAY THAT THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE THE ICE OBSTRUCTION WAS NOT EASILY CLEARED FROM THE INTAKE. THEY GO ON TO SAY THAT DIFFERENT TACTICS WILL STILL BE USED TO MITIGATE THE SITUATION, INCLUDING MANUALLY BREAKING ICE FROM ABOVE, HOSING TO KEEP ICE AWAY FROM THE INTAKE, AND MECHANICAL EFFORTS FROM A BARGE. PITTSBURGH WATER SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION, BUT SAY THAT NO DAMAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND NO CUSTOMERS WERE AFFECTED BY AN OUTAGE COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT IN O’HARA TOWNSHIP. YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. YASMIN, THANK YOU. AND THOSE WORKERS AT THE WATER INTAKE WERE JUST SOME OF THOSE BRAVING THESE COLD TEMPERATURES TODAY, SIMPLY DOING THEIR JOBS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM SPOKE WITH OTHER OUTDOOR WORKERS ON HOW THEY WERE PREPARED IN THE SPRING, FLOWERS BLOOM, BUT IN THE WINTER, ICE FORMS ON THE RIVERS AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO WORK OUTSIDE IN THESE FRIGID TEMPERATURES. WINTER HAS DUG IN WITH PUNISHING TEMPERATURES, BUT LIFE MUST GO ON. IT CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO STAND AND WAIT FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. IT’S EVEN A BIGGER CHALLENGE FOR U.S. POSTAL MAIL CARRIER KELLY KIRCHHERR. SHE’S DELIVERING MAIL WITH TEMPS IN THE LOW TEENS. I DO USE HAND WARMERS AND TOE WARMERS, AND I HAVE MANY LAYERS ON. I HAVE VERY, VERY THICK THERMAL, SO THAT ALL HELPS ME A LOT. SO ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, THAT IS THIS COLD, I HAVE THREE PAIRS OF SOCKS ON, TWO PAIRS OF PANTS. LET’S SEE ONE, TWO, THREE SHIRTS AND TWO COATS. YOU GOT WHAT, FOUR LAYERS? ABOUT FOUR LAYERS. YEAH. NOW DOES THE WIND, DOES THE COLD CUT THROUGH ALL OF THAT STUFF? EVENTUALLY, EVENTUALLY YOUR HANDS ARE GOING TO GET COLD FIRST. YOU KNOW, BEFORE ANYTHING, THEN YOUR TOES. THESE MEN SAY THEY WILL SPEND UP TO 10 TO 12 HOURS OUTSIDE, CLEARING OUT OLD CABLES FOR FIBER OPTIC LINES IN ADDITION TO MULTIPLE LAYERS FOR WARMTH. THEY SAY THEY TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS TO STAY WARM IN THEIR VEHICLES. THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BE EXPOSED TO THE COLD BECAUSE IT’S THEIR LIVELIHOOD. SOMETIMES IT’S STRESSFUL, SOMETIMES IT’S NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO MAKE THAT MONEY. YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA. THAT’S HOW YOU LIVE IN THIS LIFE TO. SO YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO SOMETIMES. AND THERE’S NO SIGN THAT THESE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LET UP. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PITTSBURGH, SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. MEANWHILE, BOTH UPMC AND ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK ARE REPORTING A FEW WEATHER RELATED INJURIES TODAY FROM THIS BRUTAL COLD AND ARE FEARING MORE ARE STILL TO COME. HERE ARE THE SIGNS TO LOOK OUT FOR, TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER YOU NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION. IF YOUR FINGERS, YOUR EXTREMITIES, YOUR TOES, YOUR NOSE ARE UNCOVERED, YOU NEED TO EITHER GET AWAY OR COVER THEM UP. AND DON’T FORGET ABOUT YOUR HAT AND YOUR YOUR EARS BEING PROTECTED. NUMBER TWO, PAY ATTENTION TO THE EARLY SIGNS, WHICH IS USUALLY DISCOMFORT. WHEN DISCOMFORT TURNS INTO YOU. DON’T NOTICE THE FEELING ANYMORE. THAT’S MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. FROSTBITE CAN MEAN LOSING EXTREMITIES, EVEN DEATH. IN SEVERE CASES. RIGHT NOW IN PITTSBURGH’S NORTH SIDE, POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF SLASHING AN ISRAELI FLAG AT A HOME. THEY SAY IT’S THE THIRD TIME IN THAT STREET. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM OF THE VANDALISM AND SHARES HOW THE JEWISH FEDERATION IS RESPONDING AND WHAT THEY CALL AN ANTI-SEMITIC ACT. THE WOMAN WHO LIVES THERE TELLS ME THIS ACT OF VANDALISM IS BLATANTLY ANTI-SEMITIC, AND IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE SAYS HER HOME HAS BEEN TARGETED BY SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SHE AND THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH, SHARING THEIR MESSAGES TO THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT. IT IS SCARY, BUT I’M MORE ANGRY THAN ANYTHING ELSE, AND IT’S IMPORTANT THAT I SPEAK OUT IN PART, IN PART SO THAT WE CATCH THIS PERSON. RIGHT? AND THE HOPES THAT SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN IDENTIFY HIM, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THESE CRIMES SHOULDN’T HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FREE SPEECH IN THIS COUNTRY. EVERYONE’S ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINIONS AND WE’RE ALL ENTITLED TO DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER. YOU JUST CAN’T COME INTO SOMEBODY ELSE’S PROPERTY AND CAUSE HARM. A NEW ISRAELI FLAG PLACED OUTSIDE DINA BLUMENFELD’S NORTH SIDE HOME, REPLACING THE ONE SHE PROUDLY DISPLAYED THERE JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, FOUND SLASHED. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURED A MAN, SLASHED THE FLAG, THEN GET IN HIS 1980S WHITE TOYOTA TRUCK AND DRIVE OFF. POLICE SAID THE LICENSE PLATE WAS COVERED WITH BLUE TAPE WHEN HE STOMPED ON BLUMENFELD, STREET, COMMUNITY SECURITY DIRECTOR WITH THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH SHAWN BROCOS, SHARING THIS MESSAGE TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. I’D LIKE TO ENSURE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WE ARE. ON TOP OF THIS. I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY IS SAFE, BUT SOMETIMES IT MAY NOT FEEL THAT WAY. WHEN SOMEBODY TAKES THIS KIND OF BLAZON ACTION DIRECTED RIGHT AT YOUR HOME FOR SIMPLY HANGING A FLAG FOR A COUNTRY YOU’VE CHOSEN TO SUPPORT, THAT’S NOT OKAY. PITTSBURGH POLICE ASK THAT IF YOU KNOW ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT THAT YOU GIVE ZONE ONE POLICE A CALL COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT ON
Police: Man dies after being found with ‘significant trauma’ to head, face inside Pittsburgh home
Updated: 10:00 PM EST Jan 20, 2026
A man has died after officials said he sustained “signifigant trauma to the head and face” in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood Tuesday night. VIDEO: Top stories on Tuesday, Jan. 20Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said at 8:25 p.m., police were called to a home in the 200 block of South Aiken Avenue for reports of a man found unresponsive and bleeding from the head.When officials arrived on the scene, they said a man, believed to be in his 60’s, was found with serious injuries to his head and face. He was pronounced dead on the scene.Officials said a protective sweep was conducted inside the home in search of any other victims or possible suspects. As of Tuesday night, it is unclear if any suspects have been taken into custody. An investigation is now underway. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
A man has died after officials said he sustained “signifigant trauma to the head and face” in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood Tuesday night.
VIDEO: Top stories on Tuesday, Jan. 20
Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said at 8:25 p.m., police were called to a home in the 200 block of South Aiken Avenue for reports of a man found unresponsive and bleeding from the head.
When officials arrived on the scene, they said a man, believed to be in his 60’s, was found with serious injuries to his head and face. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
Officials said a protective sweep was conducted inside the home in search of any other victims or possible suspects.
As of Tuesday night, it is unclear if any suspects have been taken into custody.
An investigation is now underway.
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