Pittsburgh police responding to a Shotspotter gunshot alert in the South Side Flats early Friday wound up in a high-speed chase to find the victim.
The alert in the area of South 10th and Bingham streets came in shortly before 12:30 a.m., according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz.
While traveling to the scene officers saw a vehicle driving erratically at a high rate of speed away from the area,” Cruz said.
Officers followed the vehicle to a local hospital where they found a man inside suffering from a gunshot wound. He was in critical condition, according to police.
The victim’s name was not released.
Police located a crime scene at S.12th and Muriel Street.
Detectives from the city’s Major Crimes and the Mobile Crime Unit processed evidence at the scene at South 12th and Muriel streets.
