Man shot in head during argument in Downtown Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police are searching for a man who they said shot another man during an argument in Downtown early Thursday.
Officers from the Zone 2 station in the city’s Hill District, along with emergency medical technicians, responded to the 1000 block of Penn Avenue around 3:30 a.m. after receiving a report that a man had been shot.
First responders found a man with a gunshot wound to the head and took him to the hospital in critical condition, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman.
The suspect left the scene before police arrived.
Witnesses told investigators they heard two men arguing before the shooting happened.
Tony LaRussa is a TribLive reporter. A Pittsburgh native, he covers crime and courts in the Alle-Kiski Valley. He can be reached at tlarussa@triblive.com.
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