Police: woman critically injured, man found shot dead in Banksville home
A woman was assaulted Thursday and police found an unidentified man dead in a home in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood.
Pittsburgh police said they were dispatched around 9:45 a.m. to a home in the 2600 block of Winchester Drive.
Inside, officers found a woman suffering from “significant” injuries such as “facial lacerations,” spokeswoman Cara Cruz said.
First responders took the woman to an area hospital in critical condition.
Officers then found a man on the second floor during a protective sweep of the home, Cruz said. He had been shot in the head.
Authorities have not named the man, who medics pronounced dead at the scene.
The police bureau’s Violent Crime Unit is investigating.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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