You'll never guess what happened...
Posts by Pittsburgh Scanner
Highland Park. The old VA. The SWAT supervisor said that there will be a simulated fire training exercise using the old VA. The last time that they did this, they scared the crap out of people stripping copper from the facility.
Highland Park. Farragut Street. Caller says that the sinkhole monster is starting to eat the road. PD is requesting barricades.
South Side. Under the Birmingham Bridge. Caller says they see two people in a gold SUV just goin' at it.
South Side. Birmingham Bridge at East Carson Street. Caller said that while trying to drive on the road, an oversized crane lived up to its name and hit a few vehicles.
East Liberty. Larimer Ave. Caller says that there is a guy in the park selling food, playing music, and generally enhancing the experience of those around him. Caller doesn't like this.
Beechview. Fallowfield Ave. Caller said someone was shot in a drive-by style shooting. PD on scene have a kid with two GSWs.
East Allegheny. Pressley Street - Pressley Street High Rise. Caller said that they caught some people engaging in some enhanced public affection. Caller is asking for them to permanently leave rather than come again.
East Allegheny. East Ohio Street. Caller said that a guy wearing a Biggie Smalls t-shirt is threatening him. He is concerned that things done changed and would like PD to assist as the sky's the limit.
Oakland. 5th Avenue at Bigelow Boulevard. Pitt PD said that a driver of a vehicle collided with a bicyclist. Bicyclist is shaken up.
PRT police heard this and responded before city. They said the 3 year old wasn't actually hit but the adult took one in the stomach. They aren't entirely sure if there are the same incident or two incidents which happened about the same time.
There is also a report of a 3 year old being shot with the other individual found.
Another individual was reported to be found shot on Mayflower Street.
For the second time, the man who was shot in the leg has confirmed his leg hurts.
After PD investigated the scene, only one person was actually hit with gunfire in the leg. So far they do not see anyone else hit.
Homewood. Nolan Street. A detective got on the air and said that a guy is walking like he has a gun. Shortly after that statement, the said guy then shot a couple people. After a short foot chase, he was detained.
While on a call in zone 5, an officer said he saw two people on a dirt bike pull up and try to grab a kid off his bike. In the process, the cop apparently tackled one and detained them.
Hazelwood. Flowers Ave. While conducting a traffic stop for a suspected DUI, a driver of a white suv attempted to flee and wrecked into a police car. The driver's car was spike stripped and he was detained.
Bloomfield. Penn Ave. 2 1/2 story frame house fully engulfed, extending next door. 2nd alarm requested.
PD is requesting medics for the child. The child said that he was kidnapped and held for two days.
Cops think they may have just recovered this kid.
While police were on scene for an overdose call in Zone 3, a supervisor remotely directed operations and assigned tasks by monitoring a live body camera feed.
Knoxville. Reifert Street. Caller said a bunch of people were in the street. PD arrived and said they found that it was for a memorial balloon release. When they released their balloons, it hit the power lines and took out a large portion of the neighborhood’s power.
They identified the missing kid however they do not know the location. No description over the air yet.
Police think an Amazon driver grabbed a kid. A Zone 6 unit is going to the Amazon warehouse out there and the duty commander was paged. Zone 3 is currently looking for any Amazon trucks and there is an alert in the plate readers to flag any of them.
Allentown. 329 East Warrington Ave - Warrington Rec Center. Caller said they just saw someone get grabbed up off the street and taken into a van. Witnesses told police that in some capacity an Amazon driver is involved.
A cop was standing right there and said everyone is orderly waiting for autographs.
Uptown. 1225 Fifth Ave - PPG Paints. Caller says like 50 people are in or near the street wearing WWE wresting gear. Caller wants PD to check before it's about gets extreme out here and asks police what you gonna do brother?
The cops rode by and said that River Road has one lane which is flooded. The other one is still passable for now.
Cops rode by and said it isn't preventing cars from going through yet but they'll keep an eye out.