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Police investigate shooting near Mercy Hospital in the Hill District

June 9, 2023 / 4:48 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Police investigate possible shooting near Mercy Hospital

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Overnight, police were called to Chauncey Drive in the Hill District for a 16-round ShotSpotter alert.

That happened around 1:30 a.m. and several officers were seen outside of Mercy Hospital.

Police said a man reportedly ran from a shooting and arrived at the hospital in critical condition after being shot multiple times.

The officers on the scene were also looking at an SUV in the emergency room's parking lot.

It was evident that the front passenger window had been shot out.

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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.