At approximately 6:30 p.m., Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 2 officers responded to a stabbing in the 700 block of Second Avenue. Preliminary information indicates two individuals were involved in a physical altercation, during which the suspect withdrew a knife and stabbed the adult male victim in the chest and leg.

Pittsburgh EMS transported the victim to a local hospital in stable condition. Police canvassed the area but were unable to locate the suspect, and the investigation remains active and ongoing at this time.


Press Release: City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety

Reproduced in full from the City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety.

Pittsburgh Police and EMS Respond to Stabbing in Zone 2

At approximately 6:30 p.m., Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 2 officers responded to a stabbing in the 700 block of Second Avenue.

Preliminary information indicates two individuals were involved in a physical altercation. The suspect withdrew a knife and stabbed the adult male victim in the chest and leg.

Pittsburgh EMS transported the victim to a local hospital in stable condition.

Police canvassed the area but were unable to locate the suspect.

The investigation remains active and ongoing at this time.