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Officers looking for suspect wanted in assault and kidnapping

Sources: Officers looking for suspect wanted in assault and kidnapping
Sources: Officers looking for suspect wanted in assault and kidnapping 01:50

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are looking for a suspect wanted in an assault and kidnapping.

SWAT officers responded to Bausman Street on Tuesday just after 8:30 p.m. in the city's Beltzhoover neighborhood looking for the suspect. Police say the suspect may have run into the woods.

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Police searching for kidnapping and assault suspect 01:17

A car with at least two people inside left the Rite Aid on Saw Mill Run Boulevard, the suspects inside the car got out of the vehicle, beat up a man talking to a panhandler, threw him in a car, and drove away.

The victim got away and returned to Rite Aid. He was taken to a local hospital, but his condition is unknown at this time.

Stay with KDKA-TV and KDKA.com for updates to this developing story as they become available.   

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