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Officer Shot, Suspect Wounded in East Hills as Police Investigate Separate Hill District Killing

Officials have released few details during the ongoing investigations.

Overview

  • Dispatchers said two people were taken to a hospital from the 2200 block of Wilner Drive in East Hills, and sources say one was an officer shot in the leg.
  • Pittsburgh Public Safety confirmed a police response to a shooting on Wilner Drive, and sources say the suspect was taken into custody after an exchange of gunfire.
  • In a separate case, police responding to a three‑round ShotSpotter alert just before 7 p.m. found a man in his early 20s shot in the chest on Perry Street in the Hill District; he later died at a hospital.
  • Violent Crime Unit detectives are leading the Hill District homicide investigation, and authorities have not released the victim’s name or announced any suspects or arrests.
  • Sources report the East Hills suspect is believed to be connected to a Robinson Township motel shooting earlier Friday that left one person dead and another injured, which officials have not confirmed.