UPDATE: Police saw the grenade is an inert training grenade. It was located on a porch on the 500 block of East Ohio Street.
Everyone evacuated has been allowed back inside.
An investigation is ongoing.
Several businesses have been evacuated after reports of a man with a live hand grenade on the North Side.
Pittsburgh Police tell KDKA Radio that the area of East Ohio Street has been contained after the reports.
The bomb squad is on the way to the scene to investigate.
Public Safety couldn’t confirm if the man does indeed have a live grenade on him.
One officer told KDKA Radio the man with alleged grenade tried to sell it to a plain-clothed officer.
This is a developing story.
