Police are investigating a shooting Thursday evening in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood that left one man dead, officials said.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Robert Thomas, 36, of Pittsburgh.
Shortly after 5:30 p.m., emergency dispatchers received several 911 calls about someone getting shot near the 300 block of Kirk Avenue, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said.
Officers responding from Pittsburgh’s Zone 3 station arrived to find a man with “critical gunshot wounds” beside a vehicle, according to Cruz. Medics pronounced the man dead at the scene.
“Witnesses told police they saw two male actors flee the area,” Cruz said.
No further information about the shooting or possible suspects was immediately available.
Detectives from Pittsburgh police’s Major Crimes and Crime Scene Unit were processing the crime scene and gathering evidence.
Police are on scene at a fatal shooting in the 300 block of Kirk Avenue in Carrick.
A male victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.
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