After 4-hour standoff, SWAT clears Homewood house, but suspect wasn't inside

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After 4-hour standoff, SWAT clears Homewood house, but suspect wasn't inside

Haley Daugherty | Monday, July 31, 2023 9:09 p.m.

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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

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