Man shot during gunfight in Hill District
A passerby was shot in the leg after multiple people fired a total of 25 rounds in Pittsburgh’s Hill District early Sunday morning.
Pittsburgh Police said multiple people were firing at each other at around 2:10 a.m. in the area of Chauncey Drive and Bedford Avenue.
When police arrived on the scene, they found a man being helped into a vehicle by a woman.
Police said they attempted to assist the man, but the vehicle drove off toward the hospital.
Police followed the vehicle and then later spoke with the man, who told them he was walking in the Bedford Avenue area when he came across several people shooting at each other.
When he attempted to run away, he was struck, said police.
The man was reported in stable condition.
An investigation is ongoing.
Ryan Deto is a TribLive reporter covering politics, Pittsburgh and Allegheny County news. A native of California’s Bay Area, he joined the Trib in 2022 after spending more than six years covering Pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh City Paper, including serving as managing editor. He can be reached at rdeto@triblive.com.
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