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Shrapnel from BBs found in man who died at the hospital

The man had a suspected overdose

Pittsburgh Police Vehicle
Pittsburgh Police Vehicle
Shelby Cassesse

There's a new development in this week's outbreak of violence in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Police say officers found an unconscious man in Coffey Way near Sixth Avenue early Tuesday.


He was taken to a hospital for a suspected overdose, but detectives were called to the hospital the next day after tests founds metal shrapnel in his body, possibly from a BB gun.

He was pronounced dead Thursday morning, the same day police received video evidence of an assault with a BB gun on a man on Coffey Way.

The video, that police have requested not be released, shows a least three people shooting BBs toward the man's head and other parts of his body.

Police say they've positively identified the people in the video.

The man had a suspected overdose