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Two Injured in Stabbing, Suspect Held

By Staff Reports
The Tube City Almanac
November 16, 2021
Posted in: Crime and Police News

A 44-year-old man is being questioned by Allegheny County police in connection with a stabbing inside a home on Garbett Street in McKeesport.

McKeesport police and paramedics were dispatched to a home in the 3100 block just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, Allegheny County police said. Emergency personnel said they found a 39-year-old man who had been stabbed multiple times in the back.

The victim was transported by ambulance to a Pittsburgh trauma center, emergency personnel said.

A short time later, McKeesport police apprehended a suspect in connection with the stabbing, who was on foot in the area of Evans Avenue and Beacon Street. The man had sustained knife wounds to his hand and was taken by ambulance to another Pittsburgh hospital, emergency personnel said.

Allegheny County police said that detectives are working with the district attorney’s office to determine what charges will be filed.

Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.

Originally published November 16, 2021.

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