Pittsburgh Officer Injured In South Side Brawl

September 9, 2024 5:11 am

PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A violent fight that broke out on the South Side early Saturday morning left one of the city’s officers hurt. Pittsburgh Police said the officer’s ankle was broken as he and others on patrol were making an arrest on East Carson Street near 15th Street around 1 a.m. During that arrest, police said people on the sidewalk started to fight. Surveillance video from inside a bar called Oddballs shows how it all started. One of the bar’s owners told Channel 11, that there was an argument between two people inside the bar when security and a police sergeant quickly stepped in to remove them. Surveillance video from outside a business shows a man stumbling out of the bar and an officer separating him from someone else. He’s then seen pushing that officer and struggling with the police. Video from a different camera angle shows a fight between a crowd of people breaking out further up the sidewalk. The group drags someone to the ground along with the injured officer.