Man dies after being shot by police officers along Murray Avenue in Greenfield

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An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed by Pittsburgh Police officers in the city’s Greenfield neighborhood.

The deadly police shooting happened at a home along Murray Avenue just after 10 p.m. on Wednesday night. 

Allegheny County Police said that Pittsburgh Police officers were called to a domestic disturbance and when they entered the home, they were confronted by a man inside a stairwell who was armed with a knife. 

Allegheny County Police are investigating a police shooting that happened along Murray Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood. 

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Police said two officers then fired their weapons and critically wounded the man, who was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead. 

No officers were injured during the shooting, a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson said.     

Detectives from the Allegheny County Police Homicide Unit are leading the investigation into the deadly police shooting.

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