{"id":126425,"date":"2025-09-02T04:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/126425\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T04:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:41:11","slug":"suspect-in-custody-after-shots-were-fired-at-officers-in-mcdonald-borough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/126425\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in custody after shots were fired at officers in McDonald Borough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">MCDONALD, Pa. \u2014 A suspect is in custody after shots were fired at officers in McDonald Borough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/washington-county\/photos-shots-fired\/MVKXAULXEJCLNI4VTCYJ4WUBGI\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/washington-county\/photos-shots-fired\/MVKXAULXEJCLNI4VTCYJ4WUBGI\/\">Click here for photos from the scene.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Officers were called to a house on the 300 block of Fairmont Street for a welfare check on a man who was intoxicated and in distress at 9:36 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">When they arrived, they found a man who began swearing and yelling at them. He retreated into a house and came back outside with a gun, police said. He reportedly fired multiple shots and continued to do so throughout the entire incident, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Allegheny County Police Department said they received reports that a man began firing shots at officers at that location at 9:50 p.m. Their SWAT units provided assistance at the scene along with other police departments from both Allegheny and Washington counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The man was barricaded inside a house in that location. Police said he exited the house and surrendered peacefully at 11:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Investigators said no one was injured but multiple police and civilian vehicles were hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The District Attorney\u2019s Office has been requested to help determine the appropriate charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MCDONALD, Pa. \u2014 A suspect is in custody after shots were fired at officers in McDonald Borough. 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