Police: Homeowner calls 911 reports break-in, fatal stabbing in Pittsburgh
WELCOME BACK. IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND LAST NIGHT THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH CELEBRATED ITS ROLE IN HELPING TO END SLAVERY BY CREATING A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE FAMILY OF A LOCAL MAN WHO WAS ONE OF THE LEADING ABOLITIONISTS IN THE NATION. HERE’S PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR ANCHOR MIKE CLARK, HIGHLIGHTING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF CONTRIBUTIONS. WE ARE GOING TO SALUTE THE VACHON FAMILY, HIGHLIGHTING THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ABOLITIONISTS AND ACTIVISTS OF THE 1800S. MAYOR COREY O’CONNOR IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, INVITING A DESCENDANT OF JOHN B VACHON TO UNVEIL A PUBLIC DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY OF THE CITY COUNTY BUILDING. WE KNOW THAT OUR HISTORY IS STEEPED IN FAMILIES AND TRADITION, AND THIS IS ONE THAT IS AN ANCHOR IN OUR CITY. JOHN’S FAMILY CARRIED ON HIS LEGACY, WHICH YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THROUGHOUT THIS EXHIBIT, AND WE ARE HONORED THAT THIS SUMMER THERE IS GOING TO BE A HISTORICAL PLAQUE FROM THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN. NATIONALLY RENOWNED ATTORNEY AND LEADER PAUL CORNELL IS THE GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDSON. IT’S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. PERSONALLY, I THINK, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT FIGURES THAT WERE RELATED TO ME CAME WAY BEFORE ME, BUT THAT I’VE BEEN ABLE TO READ ABOUT IN HISTORY BOOKS AND ALSO WRITE ABOUT MYSELF AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THE WAYS THAT THEY’VE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN PITTSBURGH, BUT ALSO AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE EXHIBIT FEATURES PHOTOS, TIMELINES, AND SHORT HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS SO VISITORS CAN LEARN ABOUT VACHON, ONE OF THE KEY FIGURES IN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. IT’S ALSO REFLECTIVE OF SO MANY BLACK AMERICANS AND WHITE AMERICANS, FOR THAT MATTER, WHO WERE INVOLVED IN ABOLITIONIST CRUSADE, WHO AREN’T RECOGNIZED. WE KNOW THE BIG NAMES FREDERICK DOUGLASS, HARRIET TUBMAN, BECAUSE WE’RE VERY MUCH A PART OF THAT COLLECTIVE EFFORT. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS MIKE CLARK REPORTING. NOW, MAYOR O’CONNOR ALSO SIGNED A PROCLAMATION WHICH DEEMS FEBRUARY 6TH AS THE MISSION FAMILY DAY IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. WELL, CHECK THIS OUT. PPG PAINTS ARENA IS SWAMPING THE ICE FOR DIRT MONSTER JAM, ROARING BACK FOR AN ACTION PACKED WEEKEND. WE WENT BEHIND THE SCENES DURING OUR FINAL TEST RUNS, AND EVEN OFF TO CHAT WITH SOME OF THE DRIVERS. I’M A KID AT HEART, YOU KNOW. I STARTED OFF AS A FAN OF MONSTER JAM AND MONSTER TRUCKS, SO WHENEVER I’M OUT THERE GETTING READY TO GO DOWN FOR FREESTYLE, I PICTURE MYSELF AS A LITTLE ONE BACK IN THOSE SEATS AND I WANT TO THROW DOWN A RUN THAT I WANTED TO SEE AS A KID, SO I KNOW THAT I’M DOING MY BEST I CAN OUT THERE TO PUT ON THE PERFORMANCE THAT I KNOW I CAN PUT ON, AND SOME THAT THE FANS WILL LOVE. ALWAYS A GOOD TIME THERE. MONSTER JAM RUNS FROM NOW THROUGH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH. WE ARE JUST SHY OF 9:00 ON THIS SATURDAY. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR DAY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. THIS MORNING STARTS NOW, AND IT IS PROVING TO BE A VERY BUSY SATURDAY MORNING. SO WE SAY GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. I’M LILY COLEMAN, YOU KNOW PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED. SHE’S GOING TO KICK THINGS OFF WITH OUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST ON YET ANOTHER IMPACT DAY. AND THIS TIME IT’S FOR THE CALL. AS WE SHIFTING OUR FOCUS OVER TO THESE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AS A FRESH BATCH OF ARCTIC AIR IS HERE FOR THE WEEKEND. SO WE KNOW THE DRILL WITH COLD AIR AND GUSTY CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS BECOME A PRIMARY CONCERN FOR US. WE DO HAVE COLD WEATHER ALERTS THAT EXTEND ALL THE WAY THROUGH 10 A.M. ON SUNDAY. THAT INCLUDES A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY. ALL THOSE AREAS THAT ARE SHADED IN LIGHT BLUE. MEANWHILE, JUST NORTH AND EAST OF THE CITY, EXTREME COLD WARNINGS THAT WILL ALSO RUN FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THE FRIGID FEELS COMING OUR WAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE EVENTUALLY THINGS START TO THAW AND WE STAY THAWED OUT FOR THE BETTER PART OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL. OUR WIND CHILLS RIGHT NOW. DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO IN SOME CASES AS CLOSE TO CLOSER TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AS WE LOOK JUST NORTH OF THE CITY. AS WE WORK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NOT MUCH OF AN IMPROVEMENT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS, BUT IT’S THE WIND THAT IS GOING TO ADD AN EXTRA BITE TO THE AIR, AS MANY OF US WILL ONLY FEEL LIKE FIVE TO EVEN TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO AS WE GO INTO THIS AFTERNOON. VERY SIMILAR FEEL WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING AS AGAIN, THOSE COLD WEATHER ALERTS ARE SET TO EXPIRE AS WE GET CLOSER TO 10 A.M. ALONG WITH THE COLD AND ALSO TRACKING THIS VERY PERSISTENT BUT VERY SKINNY AND ELONGATED BAND OF SNOW, BRINGING SOME DECENT BURSTS OF SNOW FROM THE CROFTON AREA BACK TOWARDS DORMONT BRENTWOOD. WORKING ALONG 51 AND CONTINUING THROUGH PARTS OF THE MON VALLEY, WIDENING THINGS OUT. IT KEEPS ON GOING BACK THROUGH PARTS OF BEAVER COUNTY, ALSO IMPACTING THE I-70 CORRIDOR AROUND ROSTRAVER EVEN PERRYOPOLIS. AS WE SLIDE EVEN FARTHER SOUTH INTO FAYETTE COUNTY. AT ONE POINT, THIS BAND WAS MEASURING OVER 90 MILES LONG, SO RATHER QUICKLY YOU COULD SEE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE TRAVELING ALONG 51 THROUGH PARTS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND EVEN THE MON VALLEY AS WELL. SO HERE’S YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST BACK TO BACK IMPACT DAYS. BECAUSE OF THE SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. 29 SUNSHINE ON MONDAY. THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT ONLY GETS BETTER BY TUESDAY AND BEYOND AS WE WILL BEGIN TO STRETCH OF DAYS ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. I’LL SHOW YOU HOW LONG WE CAN KEEP THAT THOUGHT GOING WITH MORE DETAILS ON YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, JOE, THANK YOU. AND WITH THOSE FRIGID TEMPERATURES, PITTSBURGH IS ACTIVATING FIVE WARMING CENTERS THIS WEEKEND. THEY’LL BE OPEN IN BEECHVIEW, GREENFIELD, HOMEWOOD, SHERIDAN AND THE SOUTH SIDE BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW. WELL, THIS MORNING WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS. A MASSIVE WATER MAIN BREAK IN UNION TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS IS ON ALABAMA AVENUE IN FRONT OF THE ALABAMA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE KNOW THAT THAT WATER BREAK. WATER LINE BREAK. EXCUSE ME. SWALLOWED A JEEP. THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW BIG THIS BREAK REALLY IS. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT’S ABOUT FOUR FEET WIDE. IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THEIR BUILDING. WE KNOW THAT JEEP BELONGED TO A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AS WELL. AS A RESULT, RIGHT NOW, ALABAMA AVE IS CLOSED. THAT’S FROM ROUTE 837 TO HOUSE LANE. NOW, PENNSYLVANIA AMERICAN WATER CREWS ARE AT THE SCENE WORKING ON REPAIRS. THEY SAY WORK IS EXPECTED TO THE RESULT OF A POWER SURGE THAT DEPLETED THE WATER STORAGE AT A TANK NEARBY IN ALABAMA. THERE. SO HERE’S THE BREAKDOWN RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 95,000 CUSTOMERS ARE BEING IMPACTED IN BOTH WASHINGTON AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY’S. A BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT CURRENTLY. A TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR TOLD US THEY HAVE OPENED A WARMING CENTER AT THE TOWNSHIP BUILDING AS WELL. WE ARE CLOSELY WATCHING THE SITUATION. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH ANY NEW DETAILS. WE HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. WE KNOW IT’S A LOT, BUT IF YOU ARE IMPACTED, YOU WANT TO KNOW IT ALL. WE HAVE IT ALL AVAILABLE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE AT DOT COM. WELL, TURNING NOW TO THIS. PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN OVERNIGHT STABBING IN THE ALLEGHENY WEST NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY SAY IT HAPPENED ON WESTERN AVENUE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. NOW, ACCORDING TO THEIR PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION, SOME SORT OF FIGHT TOOK PLACE INSIDE OF WHAT THEY CALL AN ESTABLISHMENT THERE. THEY DIDN’T NAME NAMES. THEY SAY A MAN STABBED ANOTHER MAN ONCE IN THE ABDOMEN BEFORE FLEEING THAT SCENE. WE ARE TOLD THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HE IS NOW LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM AND THE SUSPECT KNEW EACH OTHER AND THEIR INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. WELL, NEW. THIS MORNING WE’RE LEARNING TWO PEOPLE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A FIRE IN AMBRIDGE. THAT’S ACCORDING TO BEAVER COUNTY DISPATCHERS. WE KNOW THIS FIRE STARTED AROUND FIVE. RIGHT NOW, IT’S STILL UNCLEAR HOW IT STARTED, THOUGH. WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING YOU INFORMATION ON THIS AS WELL, AND WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE. WE TURN NOW TO BRADDOCK, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, WHERE ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND TWO FAMILIES ARE WITHOUT A HOME AFTER A FIRE INSIDE OF A DUPLEX. THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT ON ELM STREET AROUND SEVEN. WE KNOW FIREFIGHTERS FROM ABOUT 10 TO 12 DIFFERENT COMPANIES RESPONDED. THEY WERE THERE FOR HOURS WORKING TO PUT OUT THOSE FLAMES. THERE WAS SOME FIRE COMING OUT OF THE, I BELIEVE, THE DELTA SIDE, WHICH IS THIS SIDE OVER HERE. IT WASN’T FULLY INVOLVED, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY DECENT. NOW, AN OFFICER WITH THE EASTERN REGIONAL MON VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS A NEIGHBOR REPORTED SEEING A RESIDENT COME OUTSIDE, BUT THEN GO BACK INSIDE OF THAT BURNING HOME. THEY SAID FIREFIGHTERS DID A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEARCH, BUT DID NOT FIND ANYONE, AND CREWS LATER WENT BACK IN TO SEARCH AGAIN. COUNTY DETECTIVES AND THE FIRE MARSHAL ARE INVESTIGATING THIS CAUSE NOW. AT THIS TIME, THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO DIED HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. WE’RE TOLD A FIREFIGHTER ALSO SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY AT THAT SCENE THIS MORNING. THOUGH THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THIS SCENE. WE, OF COURSE, WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED JUST AS SOON AS WE HAVE ANSWERS FOR YOU. WELL, THIS MORNING WE ARE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE VICTIM OF THE DEADLY PILEUP YESTERDAY ON I-79 IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY. THE MAN KILLED WAS A SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY STUDENT, 18 YEAR OLD EVAN VENANGO DIED AFTER 25 CARS SLAMMED INTO EACH OTHER IN A CHAIN REACTION CRASH. STATE POLICE SAY ALL LANES ARE CLEARED AND REOPENED THIS MORNING AFTER AN HOURS LONG PROCESS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CRASH BEGAN BETWEEN A TRACTOR TRAILER AND A SUBARU, SPARKING THAT PILEUP THAT ULTIMATELY INJURED NINE PEOPLE. DRIVERS SAY THEY ARE SHOCKED THAT THIS HAPPENED, BUT ALSO JUST HAPPY TO BE ALIVE. MY HUSBAND WAS DODGING CARS LEFT AND RIGHT, TRYING TO TRYING TO GET AROUND, AND HE WAS ALSO SLIDING, BUT HE GOT HEADED TOWARDS A MEDIAN STRIP AND JUST THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE HE HIT US. HE VEERED OFF INTO THE GRASSY AREA IN THE MIDDLE AND HIT HARD. I MEAN, HIS CAR, HIS TRUCK WENT COMPLETELY LIKE AIRBORNE. SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY SHARED A STATEMENT WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE TRIB SAYING THE COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE TRAGIC LOSS OF EVAN GINKGO. HE WAS A FIRST YEAR STUDENT THERE. OFFICIALS SAY MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. MEANWHILE, IN BEAVER COUNTY, POLICE THERE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASH, THIS ONE HEAD ON IN NEW TOWNSHIP. THIS WAS THAT SCENE LAST NIGHT ALONG FREEDOM ROAD NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH LODI ROAD. THE HEAD-ON CRASH HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND SIX. THE VICTIM’S NAME HASN’T BEEN MADE PUBLIC. NEW TOWNSHIP POLICE TELL US THEY ARE HANDLING THIS INVESTIGATION WELL. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR AN 83 YEAR OLD MISSING MAN WITH EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA. THIS IS LESTER BRIDGES, WHO POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR. THEY SAY HE WAS REPORTED MISSING AROUND EIGHT LAST NIGHT FROM A HOME ON THE 7200 BLOCK OF HE REPORTEDLY WENT OUTSIDE TO REPAIR HIS TRUCK, BUT THEN WALKED AWAY ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER, AROUND 1015. HE WAS SEEN ON CAMERA ALONG SILVERTON AVENUE. POLICE SAY HE’S KNOWN TO FREQUENT A BUS STOP ON LINCOLN AVENUE. HE’S DESCRIBED AS BEING SIX FEET TALL AND HAS GRAY HAIR. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLUE OR GRAY HOODIE WITH BLUE JEANS AND SLIPPERS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE. AND JUST BREAKING JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM THIS MORNING, WE CAN TELL YOU COUNTY DISPATCHERS CONFIRMED THAT POLICE ARE CURRENTLY ON SCENE IN THAT AREA. THE 72,000 BLOCK OF HILLIARD STREET. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CREW HEADED TO THE SCENE AS WELL. AT THIS POINT, WE’RE STILL UNCLEAR WHAT EXACTLY IS UNFOLDING HERE. JUST AS SOON AS WE HAVE THOSE DETAILS, WE’LL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WTAE.COM. AT 907, WE TURN NOW TO SOME NATIONAL HEADLINES AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING FOR NANCY GUTHRIE, THE MOTHER OF TODAY SHOW ANCHOR SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ARE LOOKING INTO A NEW LETTER SENT TO A TUCSON MEDIA OUTLET NEARLY A WEEK AFTER SHE WAS LAST SEEN. HERE’S ABC’S JOHNNY FERNANDEZ WITH THE DETAILS. FRIDAY, THE PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WERE INSPECTING A MESSAGE SENT TO A LOCAL TUCSON MEDIA OUTLET. THE PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS AWARE OF A NEWLY RECEIVED MESSAGE CONNECTED TO NANCY GUTHRIE. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THAT THE NOTE WAS SENT TO A TUCSON MEDIA OUTLET. SOURCES SAY IT IS BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO VERIFY THE MESSAGES AUTHENTICITY, AND WHILE IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT IS IN THE MESSAGE, INVESTIGATORS MOVE QUICKLY. ARRIVING AT NANCY GUTHRIE’S HOME SHORTLY AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT. THIS COMES AS THE SEARCH ENTERS ITS SEVENTH DAY, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO INDICATION THAT GUTHRIE IS ALIVE, DESPITE EMOTIONAL PLEAS FROM HER CHILDREN. HER MOM IS OUR HEART AND OUR HOME. SHE’S 84 YEARS OLD. HER HEALTH, HER HEART IS FRAGILE. INVESTIGATORS SAY ONE OF TWO DEADLINES IN AN UNVERIFIED RANSOM NOTE SENT TO NEWS ORGANIZATIONS CAME AND WENT. THE NEXT DEADLINE IN THAT LETTER IS QUICKLY APPROACHING. AND IF IF A TRANSFER WASN’T MADE, THEN I THINK A SECOND DEMAND WAS FOR NEXT MONDAY IN TUCSON. FBI HOSTAGE NEGOTIATORS ARE STANDING BY IN CASE THEY’RE NEEDED. FOR NOW, TEAMS CONTINUE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE, AND HER NEIGHBORS WAIT FOR WORD. JUST DON’T WANT TO IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT AND WHAT SHE MIGHT HAVE FELT AT THAT MOMENT. ON FRIDAY, MULTIPLE AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE BORDER PATROL, LOOKED FOR NANCY GUTHRIE. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS IT HAS NO INDICATION SHE WAS TAKEN INTO MEXICO, BUT INVESTIGATORS DO NOT KNOW HER WHEREABOUTS. JOHNNY FERNANDEZ, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. PITTSBURGH AND CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO HOST ANTI ICE PROTESTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AFTER INCREASED VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF FEDERAL AGENTS IN MINNESOTA. WE HEARD FROM ORGANIZERS HERE LOCALLY WITH INDIVISIBLE PITTSBURGH WHO SAY THIS DEMONSTRATION IS MEANT TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. WE ARE CALLING INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORS TO STAND WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. MOST PITTSBURGHERS ARE FROM IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, AND THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO STAND WITH AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY. WE’RE ASKING FOR NEIGHBORS, NOT JUST IN PITTSBURGH, BUT IN PLACES LIKE CHARLEVOIX, WHERE HAITIAN REFUGEES HAVE BEEN HARASSED TO STAND WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, TO STAND UP AND SAY IT’S UNACCEPTABLE. THERE ARE ANTI-ISIS PROTESTS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY AT TEN OUTSIDE OF THE CITIZENS BANK BRANCH IN SQUIRREL HILL TOMORROW. THREE RIVERS HERITAGE PARK. AND NEW THIS MORNING, IN RESPONSE TO THOSE PROTESTS, PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS TELL US THEIR OFFICERS ARE STANDING BY, QUOTE, AS THEY DO WITH ALL PLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS OR RALLIES TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF DEMONSTRATORS AS THEY EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. IN A STATEMENT, THEY WENT ON TO SAY PUBLIC SAFETY HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PRESENCE OF FEDERAL AGENTS FROM ICE. PITTSBURGH POLICE DO NOT COLLABORAT
Police: Homeowner calls 911 reports break-in, fatal stabbing in Pittsburgh
Updated: 11:45 AM EST Feb 7, 2026
A man is dead, and another was taken in for questioning after a reported break-in led to a stabbing in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood.VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4Just before 8 a.m. Saturday, Pittsburgh police were called to the 7200 block of Hilliards Street following reports of a stabbing. Officials said the homeowner, identified as an adult male, called 911 and reported that an individual broke into his home around 2 a.m., and he stabbed them.Authorities arrived on the scene and found an adult man dead inside the home. The homeowner was taken to police headquarters for questioning. Homicide detectives were on the scene Saturday morning. An investigation remains active. We’re told the victim’s identity and cause of death will officially be determined by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. 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.
PITTSBURGH —
A man is dead, and another was taken in for questioning after a reported break-in led to a stabbing in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
Just before 8 a.m. Saturday, Pittsburgh police were called to the 7200 block of Hilliards Street following reports of a stabbing.
Officials said the homeowner, identified as an adult male, called 911 and reported that an individual broke into his home around 2 a.m., and he stabbed them.
Authorities arrived on the scene and found an adult man dead inside the home.
The homeowner was taken to police headquarters for questioning. Homicide detectives were on the scene Saturday morning.
An investigation remains active.
We’re told the victim’s identity and cause of death will officially be determined by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.
This is a developing story.
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