According to reports two shootings in Allegheny County Friday afternoon are believed to be connected.
According to multiple reports, an officer was shot in the lower extremities during an incident in the East Hills of Pittsburgh this afternoon.
KDKA Radio’s Colin Dunlap reports it’s a narcotics detective and they are expected to be okay.
The shooting happened in the 2200 block of Wilner Drive.
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Police shot the homicide suspect. They are believed to be responsible for an earlier shooting about an hour earlier at the Pittsburgh Motel on Steubenville Pike.
Allegheny County Police were called to assist in that shooting.