Police: Pizza delivery driver carjacked at gunpoint in Homewood
A pizza delivery driver told Pittsburgh police he was carjacked at gunpoint in the city’s Homewood neighborhood late Monday night.
Police said officers responded to reports of an armed carjacking in the 7300 block of Monticello Street just before 11:45 p.m.
The driver told officers he was making a delivery when two men approached him with a firearm and took off with his vehicle.
Officers searched for the vehicle and saw someone driving it between Wilkinsburg and Pittsburgh. At one point, officers saw it in the 7100 block of Frankstown Avenue and chased a man on foot after he fled from the vehicle.
Officers later caught up with a man believed to be one of the suspects. He was questioned and released, according to police.
The vehicle was recovered. The investigation is ongoing.
Brian C. Rittmeyer is a TribLive reporter covering news in New Kensington, Arnold and Plum. A Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, Brian has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.
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