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Pittsburgh Police seize guns, drugs, and cash after shots were fired at a home

By Patrick Damp

/ CBS Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Pittsburgh Police arrested one person on a list of charges after they responded to a shot-spotter alert.

The arrest was made after the response to the shot-spotter alert near the intersection of Monticello Street and Brushton Avenue in Homewood, near Westinghouse Academy.

Police were investigating a home on Monticello Street that was hit by gunfire.

Inside, officers found several illegal drugs and ammunition inside the home.

After getting a search warrant, police confiscated crack cocaine, more than $400 in cash, and an AR-15 rifle, and several magazines.

A 24-year-old woman was arrested and police are continuing their investigation.

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.

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