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Armed Man Arrested Near Church in Ambridge

Armed Man Arrested Near Church in Ambridge

Mitchell McIntosh
September 2, 2023

A man is in police custody after pointing a gun at two women and attempting to gain entrance to an African-American church in Ambridge last Sunday morning around 9 a.m. The man has been identified as Jeffrey Harris, 38. One of the women threatened by the suspect quickly alerted...

Faculty Member Dead after Shooting at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Faculty Member Dead after Shooting at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mitchell McIntosh
August 29, 2023

A shooting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has left a faculty member dead and a campus paralyzed with fear. The campus was on lockdown for over two hours after reports were made of shots being fired. The perpetrator has been taken into custody and identified...

Racially Motivated Attack Claims Three Victims in Florida

Racially Motivated Attack Claims Three Victims in Florida

Mitchell McIntosh
August 28, 2023

Three people were gunned down in a racially motivated attack at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida. The victims were identified as Angela Michelle Carr, 52; AJ Laguerre Jr., 19; and Jerrald Gallion, 29. All three victims were black. The shooter has been identified as...

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North Braddock Police investigate shooting that resulted in a crash

John Blinn, News Editor
April 14, 2019

PITTSBURGH - North Braddock Police are searching for a man who was involved in a shooting that resulted in a crash. Authorities responded to a report of gunfire outside of Tunns Bar located at 1200 Bell Avenue. The shots are believed to be the result of a physical altercation...

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Pittsburgh Police searching for shooting suspect

Jonathan Hanna, Contributor
January 17, 2019

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is seeking the public's help in identifying a person who is wanted for questioning relating a downtown shooting in early January. On Jan. 7, police responded to calls of a male gunshot victim on the 900-block of Liberty Avenue...

Local t-shirt shop raises more than $4K for Tree of Life victims

January 2, 2019

JOHNSTOWN (RMU SENTRY MEDIA/CNN) -- T-shirts traveled as far south as Hawaii and as far west as California. "They went all over," said Jody Altemus an American Eagle Screen Print and Embroidery employee. "We may have hit every state but I didn't keep track of that." A small...

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Police ask for public’s help in unsolved shootings

Michael Delehanty, Contributor
December 6, 2018

NORTH BRADDOCK -- The Allegheny Police Department is seeking the public's help in finding the suspect in two unsolved shooting incidents. In the early afternoon on Nov. 19, North Braddock Police responded to a call on Jones Avenue. A 44-year-old male had sustained a gunshot...

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Police seek suspect in Manchester shooting

Michael Delehanty, Contributor
December 6, 2018

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police are looking for an East Liberty man in connection to an early morning shooting that left two people hospitalized. Police issued an arrest warrant for 30-year-old Tramaine Solomen, for two counts of attempted homicide, early Thursday. Solomon...

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Crime Stoppers ask public to help in homicide case

Megan Shandel, Assistant Multimedia Manager
November 21, 2018

WILKINSBURG -- The Allegheny County Police Department is turning to the public asking for help to solve an August homicide case. Officers from the Wilkinsburg Police Department responded to a report of shots fired at approximately 12:37 p.m. on Aug. 25, according to a press...

Robert Morris alums among those killed in Synagogue shooting

Robert Morris alums among those killed in Synagogue shooting

Samuel Anthony, Digital Content Manager
October 31, 2018

MOON TOWNSHIP -- The Robert Morris University community lost one of their own in the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday which took the lives of 11 and injured six others. Melvin Wax, 88, was a retired accountant, father, grandfather and a 1959 Robert...