After 4-hour standoff, SWAT clears Homewood house, but suspect wasn't inside
Pittsburgh police responded to a SWAT situation in the Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood Monday night.
According to a social media post by Pittsburgh Public Safety, SWAT, paramedics and fire teams are in the 7300 block of Stranahan Street after receiving reports of a man believed to be barricaded inside a house with access to weapons following a domestic incident.
Allegheny County dispatch said the situation started around 5:50 p.m.
At about 9 p.m., authorities said the house was cleared and the man wasn’t inside.
FINAL UPDATE: SWAT operators cleared the residence and determined the male was not inside.
The investigation is ongoing. https://t.co/as1hiBOa5z
— Pittsburgh Public Safety (@PghPublicSafety) August 1, 2023
Haley Daugherty is a TribLive reporter covering local politics, feature stories and Allegheny County news. A native of Pittsburgh, she lived in Alabama for six years. She joined the Trib in 2022 after graduating from Chatham University. She can be reached at hdaugherty@triblive.com.
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