Pittsburgh city and police officials held a catch-all news conference Friday afternoon to discuss safety measures this weekend on the North Shore and South Side, though they declined to give updates on any high-profile ongoing investigations. Violence on the city’s South Side, particularly in the East Carson Street entertainment district,
A 21-year-old man wanted for a fatal shooting March 19 in South Side Slopes was arrested early Tuesday inside an apartment in Homewood after a standoff with Pittsburgh police that lasted several hours. Zahvair Palmer of McKeesport was taken into custody early Tuesday, according to city public safety officials. The