VCU Detectives Arrest One in Hill District Homicide

Published on October 02, 2025

Pittsburgh Police from Zone 2 were dispatched to the 600 block of Perry Street for a three-round ShotSpotter alert at 6:53 p.m.
Responding officers located a male victim in his early 20s with at least one gunshot wound to the chest. Pittsburgh EMS transported him to the hospital in critical condition where he was pronounced deceased a short time later.
The Mobile Crime Unit responded to process evidence at the scene.
Dontae Lewis,18, of Pittsburgh was arrested and charged with Criminal Homicide, Carrying a Firearm Without a License, and Tampering with Physical Evidence.
He was transported to the ACJ.

 

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