Police Officer, Woman Shot In Pittsburgh’s Knoxville and Mount Oliver Neighborhoods

(WPXI) – Our news partners at WPXI report that a police officer and a woman were shot in Knoxville and Mount Oliver early Saturday morning. According to Pittsburgh police, crews responded to the 300 block of Brownsville Road in Knoxville for a report of a woman shot in the leg around 5:25 a.m. When police arrived on scene, a foot pursuit ensued with a man in the 400 block of Brownsville Road in Mount Oliver. The suspect fired a shot and hit an officer in the vest. Police said the suspect was arrested and taken to the hospital for a gunshot wound to the shoulder, although it was unclear where it happened. Police said the initial investigation shows no responding officers fired their weapons. The police officer who was shot at was taken to a hospital for evaluation. The woman was also taken to a hospital. Allegheny County Homicide detectives are investigating.