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Police: Man Shot, Thrown In Car In Point Breeze

Man Shot In Chest, Arm Abandoned In Pittsburgh

POSTED: 7:54 am EDT June 6, 2009
UPDATED: 10:58 am EDT June 6, 2009

A shooting victim was tossed in a vehicle and dropped off at a Point Breeze intersection overnight, Pittsburgh police said.

A shooting victim is thrown in a car and later abandoned in Pittsburgh's Point Breeze neighborhood.
Pittsburgh police officers were called to the 7700 block of Edgerton Avenue near Peebles Street at 12:30 a.m., where police said the victim was thrown in a car and driven to Fifth and Highland avenues and abandoned.

The unidentified victim suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and arm. He was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in an unknown condition.

Police have not made an arrest.

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