Megan Guza stories, Page 48

Two Pittsburgh paramedics were injured while responding to a call Saturday afternoon, prompting a SWAT team response, authorities said. The paramedics were responding to a medical call about 3:30 p.m. at a home on Windgap Avenue in the city’s Windgap neighborhood, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. The initial call...

A man was shot in the back and a woman detained for questioning Saturday in Pittsburgh’s Uptown section, according to police. Pittsburgh police responded about 12:15 p.m. to a ShotSpotter alert followed by notification that a man had shown up to a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound to his...

Nearly three dozen people from the Alle-Kiski Valley took a whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C., on Friday to attend the yearly March for Life on the National Mall. The locals, which included students from St. Joseph High School in Natrona Heights, Harrison, were among the tens of thousands that attended...

A Troy Hill man with an alleged obsession with Nazis and mass shootings will remain in federal prison while he awaits trial on weapons charges, a judge ruled Friday. Dennis A. Riggs, 50, was arrested by FBI agents about 6 a.m. Wednesday when authorities served a search warrant on his...

A federal agent testified Friday that Allegheny County Police offered financial assistance to the family of the key witness against one of two men charged in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting. Defense attorneys contend that prosecutors knew this information some time ago, but failed to disclose it. The homicide case...

At least four people on Pittsburgh’s South Side have reported hearing recordings of children’s voices and crying babies outside their homes, according to police. Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said police have received four reports from different areas of the South Side. The callers said they heard a crying baby...

A victim and alleged target in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting is in custody while a judge considers the likelihood of him showing up to court to testify. Lamont Powell, 28, is alleged to have been the target of the shooting that killed three of his siblings, a cousin, a...

A full jury and six alternates have been seated to hear the capital case against two men accused in the 2016 mass shooting in Wilkinsburg. The final two alternates, one woman and one man, were chosen Thursday afternoon – the 13th day of jury selection. Cheron Shelton, 32, and Robert...

The attorney for one of two men accused in the 2016 mass shooting in Wilkinsburg has asked the judge to dismiss the case against his client, alleging 11 days before the trial is set to start that prosecutors failed to disclose exculpatory evidence. The push made Thursday to dismiss the...

Another juror who had been selected to hear the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting case was dismissed Wednesday, making her the third seated juror to be excused or dismissed before jury selection is even complete. The woman, who was set to be juror No. 12, failed to disclose her friendship with...

A drunken driving conviction could mean losing the right to buy and own firearms in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals has decided. The precedent-setting opinion handed down Friday hinges on the federal government’s definition of a “serious crime” — the level a crime must reach to trigger an individual...

Attorneys selected their second alternate juror Tuesday to hear the upcoming death penalty case against two men charged in connection with the 2016 mass shooting in Wilkinsburg. Nineteen jurors were interviewed, and 16 were excused or expressed a bias in the case. The trial against Cheron Shelton, 32, and Robert...

Tree of Life–Or L’Simcha leaders are warning of a scam email that seems to play on the continued wish to help the congregation scarred by violence. The congregation posted to its Facebook and Twitter pages that a phishing email appearing to come from “Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers” has been circulating....

Pittsburgh commuters using public transportation have shorter trips and fewer transfers compared with some of the largest cities in the country, according to a report released this week by trip-planning app Moovit. The average one-way commute on public transportation in and around Pittsburgh is 38 minutes, and more than half...

A jury has been selected to hear the capital case against two men accused in the 2016 mass shooting at a Wilkinsburg cookout. Attorneys agreed upon a 12th juror about noon Thursday, the ninth day of jury selection in the case. The primary jurors are six men and six women....

Tempers briefly flared before interviews began Wednesday on the eighth day of jury selection in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting case. Cheron Shelton, 32, and Robert Thomas, 31, both face five counts of homicide, one count of homicide of an unborn child and a multitude of other charges related to...

A judge in Warren County hopes the ninth time’s the charm: He’s sentenced a man to one to five years in state prison for his ninth charge of driving under the influence, Erie News Now reported. Fletcher Kay, 64, of Warren was stopped by Conewango police July 20 with a...

Attorneys selected no new jurors — and one already seated was excused — on Tuesday in an Allegheny County death penalty case headed to trial next month. One juror selected last week in the case against Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas was excused for unknown reasons. With none selected Tuesday,...

Budget airline Allegiant plans to add three nonstop destinations out of Pittsburgh International, the airport announced. The Las Vegas-based carrier will add seasonal routes from Pittsburgh to Nashville, Memphis and the Norfolk area beginning in May, according to Bob Kerlik, vice president of media relations for the Allegheny County Airport...

Attorneys on Monday selected two more jurors — Nos. 9 and 10 — to hear the case against two men charged in the 2016 mass shooting at a backyard cookout in Wilkinsburg. A younger white woman who works in social media marketing and a white man who is a teacher...

Selecting a jury in death penalty cases is a complex, arduous process, experts say, and it’s no surprise that selection in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting will head into its second week Monday. “It can take time to seat a jury, and when you’re in a capital case, it’s going...

Attorneys in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting case interviewed 20 jurors Friday and accepted two, bringing the number of seated jurors to eight. Twelve jurors and four alternates are needed for the Feb. 3 death penalty trial against Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas. The two are accused of gunning down...