Posted on 08/23/23
| News Source: NY Post
Pittsburgh police are warning residents to stay away from an active shooter situation near UPMC Children’s Hospital after residents heard “hundreds of rounds” fired on Wednesday morning.
Police have closed down the 4800 block of Broad Street and North Mathilda Street in the Garfield neighborhood after a gunfight broke out when police were serving an eviction notice in the area, WPXI 11 reports.
The suspect is believed to be barricaded in the block and has shot down two drones sent out by law enforcement.
No officers have been reported injured as of yet.
Pittsburgh police SWAT has taken over the scene, with officials describing it as an “extremely active situation with shots continuing to be fired.”
Chris Wilkinson, who witnessed the shooting, said officers had arrived on the block Wednesday morning and were banging on the door where the shooting first rang out.