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Man charged in connection with Downtown Pittsburgh shooting

August 11, 2023 / 5:11 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man is facing charges in connection with a shooting in Downtown Pittsburgh in June.

According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, they were called the William Penn Place and Sixth Avenue for reports of a shooting just after 4 a.m. on June 25.

ARREST:

Pittsburgh Police FAU, U.S. Marshals Western PA Fugitive Task Force, and Penn Hills PD took Evan Gaither into custody without incident in Penn Hills.

He is being held in the ACJ. https://t.co/WxVsMALBe0
— Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) August 11, 2023

Once on the scene, they saw bystanders helping a man who had been shot. Medics then arrived to help.

He was taken to the hospital in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the hip.

On Aug. 11, Evan Gaither was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, possessing instruments of crime, robbery, persons not to possess a firearm, and a firearm not to be carried without a license.

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.