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Woman injured in shooting in Northview Heights

By Patrick Damp

/ CBS Pittsburgh

Woman shot in the leg at Pittsburgh apartment complex

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A woman is recovering after a shooting in the Northview Heights neighborhood. 

According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, around 8:30 on Tuesday night, police were called to the 800 block of Mount Pleasant Road for a reported domestic shooting. 

Once they arrived at the apartment complex, they found a woman who suffered a ricochet gunshot wound to the leg. She also had facial injuries that were not related to gunshots. 

Medics took the woman to the hospital in stable condition. 

Pittsburgh Police's violent crime unit is investigating the shooting. 

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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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