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.