1 arrested following home invasion in South Side Slopes
Pittsburgh police have arrested a suspect following a home invasion early Wednesday in the city’s South Side Slopes neighborhood.
Zone 3 officers responded just after 3:30 a.m. to the 2300 block of Cobden Street for a report of someone kicking in a front door and running away with a suspect firearm. The weapon was recovered during a brief pursuit, according to Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Amanda Mueller.
Police fired a Taser to subdue the suspect, who was arrested but not identified.
Additional information was not immediately available.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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