1 Apprehended After SWAT Situation In Sheraden
SHERADEN (KDKA) -- One person was apprehended in Sheraden after a SWAT situation Tuesday afternoon.
Officers were sent to a home on Zephyr Avenue near Minton Street around 2:45 p.m. for a report of a home invasion.
Before the officers arrived at the home, police also received a 911 call saying a person in the area had been shot.
When officers got to the scene, the homeowner said the male suspect had gone upstairs.
According to police, SWAT was called because officers believed the suspect was armed and barricaded in the home.
SWAT later cleared the structure. Police believe the suspect jumped out of a second-floor window before officers arrived.
The suspect was later apprehended near the Dollar General on Sheraden Boulevard. He was then taken to a local hospital for observation.
Police did not recover a gun, and they did not find evidence of gun shots fired.
The investigation is ongoing.
Pittsburgh Langley K-8 was placed on lockdown just before 3 p.m. while the situation was going on. The lockdown was lifted just before 4 p.m.