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Mt. Washington. Boggs Ave. Caller said that she along with her four friends all took marijuana edibles and they’re all annihilated right now.

Southside Flats. Sidney St. Caller reporting his neighbor is in his truck drinking a huge beer yelling at people who pass by.

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Downtown. Exchange Way. Caller says that three very drunk dudes are having a romantic moment in public by a set of dumpsters.

East Liberty. Borland Street. Caller said that some guy just picked up a hooker and that’s fine but they’re blocking her driveway.

9th at Penn one person shot. Tourniquet applied. PD just detained two near The Eagle. They think they have the shooter, who also got hit a few times. PD tourniquet them, too.

A lot of 911 calls are coming in so information is all over the place. Going to hold off a bit until they figure out what is going on. Possibly more are shot they don’t know. Sounds like everyone is going.

Downtown. Penn Ave at Garrison Place. Multiple callers indicating two people were shot. Potential shooter running on Garrison.

Brighton Heights. 1028 Benton Avenue - Little Sisters of the Poor. Caller says that they think they have proof of an employee stealing over 100k from the nursing home over a course of a year and a half.

Carrick. Brownsville Road. Caller said that it appears someone stole the quarter machine out of the laundry room in an apartment building.

A SWAT operator was like right there along with zone 1 cops and detained the shooter. PD still looking for victims.

Perry North. Watson Blvd. Multiple callers indicating a neighbor shot at others with around 16 rounds before heading back into their home. Potentially two victims, including a child with graze wounds on the legs. SWAT call out.

South Side. East Carson at South 12th. Caller said that everyone stuck at the red light all got out of their cars and just started fighting each other.

Avg city pot hole

It’s slow and this is pretty funny.

Bedford Dwellings. Ammon Community Recreation Center - Bedford Ave. Caller says that an individual appears to be pimping in the parking lot of the community pool.

Hazmat command believes that they have verified the substance as unbleached flour.

Brighton Heights. Cambronne Street. If you casually left six boxes of ammo and your gun out in public, the cops just found it.

Sounds like PBF is doing a full hazmat call out to this.

Bluff. UPMC Mercy Pavilion. Caller is from UPMC security and said that they received a suspicious letter with an unknown powder inside.

Lincoln Lemington. Lemington Ave. Caller said that a cat most likely just squeezed his little silly self into a pipe and is probably stuck.

Windgap. Windgap Ave. Caller said that he saw a guy stop a tractor trailer in the middle of the road, put the flashers on, get into another vehicle, and then leave the area. Free truck.

East Liberty. N Negley Ave. If you dumped a crate of ammo in a dumpster, someone just found it.

left two guns in it, too

Cops have the driver out at gunpoint St. Martin Street at East Warrington. One in custody. Two firearms recovered.

PD are currently chasing the vehicle based off a plate reader hit.

South Side. Sidney Street at S 21st. Caller said that he left his truck running while picking up a package. When he returned he found someone behind the wheel. As the suspect sped off, the victim tried to stop him and was dragged nearly 100 feet down the street before being thrown.

Squirrel Hill. Biltmore Lane. Caller said that they saw the local pyromanic just walk into the brush. Caller is concerned.

Hill District. Zone 2 Station. PD reporting a male just pulled up to the station with a GSW to the chest.

Strip District. 2300 block Penn Ave. If you got a white Dodge with an Oklahoma plate, cops are about to break your window because you left your dog in your car.