Police: Alleged Armed Intruder Shot, Killed At Baldwin Apartment
BALDWIN (KDKA) -- Allegheny County Police say the man shot and killed last night in Baldwin was armed and allegedly trying to break into a family's apartment.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office has now identified the alleged intruder as 22-year-old Joshua Brandon Long of West Mifflin.
According to police, Long was shot and killed just after 7 p.m. Sunday while attempting an alleged armed robbery at an apartment on Rosewood Court.
Residents in the area tell KDKA that this shooting was out of the ordinary.
"It's quiet, you have deer walking around, nature, places to walk the dogs," Derek Dialey said.
Dialey said he never heard the gunshots, but when he took the dog out, he knew something had happened on the second floor.
"I stepped on the second floor and I instantly see evidence markers out into the hall making a line into the hallway where this occurred," Dialey said.
Police say the 25-year-old man living in the apartment retrieved his own gun during the incident and shot the suspect. The man was at home with his 24-year-old fiancée and their 10-month-old child.
Officers took a 19-year-old man into custody nearby shortly after arriving at the scene. He is facing drug charges.
Allegheny County Police detectives continue to investigate the incident.
They will be working with the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office to determine whether any charges will be filed in the incident.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Allegheny County Police tip line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS (1-833-255-8477).
