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Construction Worker Takes Fatal 9-Story Fall In Pittsburgh: Officials Construction Worker Takes Fatal 9-Story Fall In Pittsburgh: Officials
Construction Worker Takes Fatal 9-Story Fall In Pittsburgh: Officials A construction worker fell from the scaffolding on the exterior of the ninth floor of a building in Pittsburgh on Thursday, May 30, officials with the office of public safety announced later that morning. The worker fell from the building that was under construction in the 400 block of Melwood Avenue in the North Oakland neighborhood just before 8 a.m., according to PPS. Pittsburgh Police, Fire, and EMS were called to the scene where the man pronounced dead at 8:01 a.m. after suffering "grave injuries," officials said. PPS also released the following statement reading in part: "Pittsburgh…

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No Suspect After Four Students Shot At High School In Pittsburgh, Authorities Say (UPDATE) No Suspect After Four Students Shot At High School In Pittsburgh, Authorities Say (UPDATE)
No Suspect After Four Students Shot At High School In Pittsburgh, Authorities Say (Update) Four students were shot outside of Westinghouse Academy in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood, Pittsburgh public safety officials announced on Tuesday, Feb. 14. just before 2:25 p.m. Ten rounds were fired  during school dismal in the 1100 block of North Murtland Street, Pittsburgh police say.  Officers arrived on the scene in just over one minute dinding three  gunshot victims. Pittsburgh EMS Medic units 5, 11, and 12 transported them  to the hospital, police explain in an updated release the following morning.  A fourth victim was taken to the hospital in a p…

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by Jillian Pikora