Man found shot and killed in vehicle overnight
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man was found dead inside a vehicle overnight in the Hill District.
A little after midnight on Thursday, police were called to the intersection of Vine Street and Fifth Avenue for a reported overdose.
A passerby called 911 after they saw the man in the driver's seat of a vehicle, believing the man had overdosed. The passerby administered Narcan with no success.
When police officers and EMS arrived, they found the man had been shot in the side of his body. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The victim's identity has not been released.
There was an Uber sticker on the windshield of the victim's vehicle, and detectives are looking into whether the victim was working for Uber when he was shot.
Pittsburgh Police Violent Crime detectives are investigating. There are no suspects at this time.
The man's death brings the number of homicides in Pittsburgh this year to 39.