Here are some of the latest news items from this morning: Wednesday, Oct. 9:
Ambridge standoff involving 2-year-old ends peacefully
A roughly five-hour standoff in Ambridge on Tuesday afternoon ended peacefully, according to authorities.
A large police presence was seen in the area of 6th Street in Ambridge at around 2:30 p.m. Ambridge Police Chief John Deluca told TribLive news partner WTAE that officers saw a man going into a home where there was an alleged domestic dispute the day prior. Authorities didn’t name the man.
Deluca told WTAE the man got on the home’s roof, jumped to the roof of a neighboring home and ran from officers. During the chase, one of the officers was injured, Deluca said.
The man locked himself in an upstairs bedroom with his 2-year-old daughter, Deluca said.
Police said the standoff took hours because a language barrier made it difficult to communicate with the man. The daughter was rescued safely, and the man was taken into custody without incident. The situation ended around 7:30 p.m.
Woman injured in Pittsburgh fire
A woman’s hands were burned as she attempted to put out a fire in her apartment building Tuesday in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood.
Just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, fire crews were dispatched to the 500 block of Tripoli Street. There was an active fire and heavy smoke on the first floor, said Emily Bourne, a city public safety spokeswoman.
The fire was contained to a single unit, Bourne said, and crews were able to quickly extinguish it. A woman in the apartment sustained first- and second-degree burns to her hands, Bourne said. She was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
A preliminary investigation showed that the fire was accidental and caused by “careless smoking” in a bedroom, Bourne said.
Residents in the apartment complex were able to return to their apartments.
Teen charged in connection to making school threats
Pennsylvania State Police charged a 13-year-old girl for making threats against the Hempfield Area School District.
The incident occurred Sept. 15, according to state police. The girl is from Youngwood.
No other information was available.
