Pittsburgh police: Man shot in Arlington Heights in serious condition
A man is in the hospital in serious condition following a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Arlington Heights neighborhood Thursday afternoon, according to police.
Pittsburgh police were called to the 3000 block of Cordell Place around 4:15 p.m. and arrived to find a man who had been shot in the leg.
He told police he was leaving the building when another man began shooting, a police spokesperson said. Officers applied two tourniquets to help control the man’s bleeding before was taken to the hospital.
The investigation is ongoing.
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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