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Pittsburgh police identify 'person of interest' in Downtown shooting

Megan Swift
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Pittsburgh Police
Pittsburgh police call the man in these photos a “person of interest” in the Aug. 1 shooting Downtown that left two people wounded.

Pittsburgh police released photos Sunday of a person of interest in the Friday afternoon shooting in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Two people were wounded in the incident, which took place on a busy section of Penn Avenue between Ninth and 10th streets.

On social media, police said they are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the man pictured in the three photos.

Police responded to the shooting just before 4:25 p.m.

Anyone with information should call Violent Crime Unit detectives at 412-323-7161.

Megan Swift is a TribLive reporter covering trending news in Western Pennsylvania. A Murrysville native, she joined the Trib full time in 2023 after serving as editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian at Penn State. She previously worked as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the Trib for three summers. She can be reached at mswift@triblive.com.

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