PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A shooting that left one person dead is under investigation in the city’s Hill District.
Pittsburgh police say it happened along Bedford Avenue around 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Investigators are asking the public to avoid the area at this time. Bedford Avenue has been shut down between Chauncey Drive and Watt Lane.
Police are investigating a shooting on the 2500 block of Bedford Avenue. Please avoid the area. Bedford Avenue is closed between Chauncey Drive and Watt Lane. pic.twitter.com/Zr7wSkx69n
— Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) November 17, 2020
According to police, they arrived on scene to find a male victim in the street with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead shortly after, police say.
While police were investigating, they say a second gunshot victim walked into a local hospital and was listed as stable. The medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Randy Edwards.
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There were no other injuries at the scene, police say, and there are no descriptions of suspects.
Stay with KDKA for the latest on this developing story.
