Crime & Safety
Pittsburgh Double Homicide: Adult, Child Shot To Death
The two victims were discovered Wednesday morning in an apartment, police said.
SWISSVALE, PA — A woman and child were found shot to death Wednesday morning in an apparent double homicide, Allegheny County police said.
Swissvale police were asked to help medics into a barricaded apartment in the 7800 block of Sailor Place shortly after 10 a.m. First responders found a woman and female child dead at the scene from gunshot wounds.
The names and ages of the victims have not yet been released. Police did not immediately identify any suspects.
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