Man facing attempted homicide charges after trading gunfire with officers in Homewood
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A suspect is in custody following an exchange of gunfire between the man and police early Friday morning.
Officers were called for shots fired on Kelly Street in Homewood around 2:30 a.m. Police said when officers found 36-year-old Michael Waller at the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Nadir Way, he ran away while firing multiple rounds at officers, prompting one officer to return fire.
Nobody was shot, but there was some property damage, police said.
"This is just insane that I woke up to this," neighbor John Miller said. "It doesn't sit good with me."
Police said Waller discarded two pistols while surrendering to officers on North Lang Avenue. One of the guns was found to be stolen, police said.
"What are you doing at 2:30 in the morning?" Miller asked. "What are you doing to just shoot and have a gun and shooting around? That could hit a window, that could hit a baby sleeping."
Miller added that gunfire is tearing apart communities everywhere.
"This nationally needs to stop," he said. "This is a pandemic in itself."
Waller will face charges of criminal attempt homicide, aggravated assault, receiving stolen property and a firearm violation.