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Man Arrested After Allegedly Firing Shots Outside Police Station

TURTLE CREEK (KDKA) -- A man was taken into custody after approaching a Turtle Creek police station and allegedly firing shots in the air Sunday.

Turtle Creek Police are reviewing surveillance video of the Christmas night shooting outside the police station, which saw the officer on duty taking cover behind the desk and calling for assistance from other available police units.

Forty-year-old Michael Moran, of Turtle Creek, is accused of firing gunshots outside the police station and trying to get inside through a set of glass doors.

No one was injured in the incident, but at the time, Moran was holding onto his 10-year-old son, who is autistic.

Lisa Washington's Report:

Moran was taken into custody outside the station after repeatedly yelling, "I don't want to live," undressing and lying on the ground.

His 9mm gun, with four remaining rounds still in the magazine, was found on the hood of a police car parked outside.

The suspect's sister, Sylvonna Moran, painted a sympathetic picture of her brother.

She was too distraught over the incident to appear on camera.

She told KDKA-TV's Ralph Iannotti she thinks her brother was under a lot of pressure, and that may have caused him to snap.

"That's not my brother. That was a bad situation," she said, adding she was very surprised and "like, in shock" by what happened.

"He has his son every weekend," she said. "I think it was just the holidays. Our mother passed away, and it's kind of hard for him, me and my other brother. But, he would do anything for anybody."

Michael Moran is in the Allegheny County Jail, facing more than a dozen charges including aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and carrying a firearm without a license.

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