Violent Crime Unit Detectives Investigate East Carson St. Homicide

Published on March 29, 2026

At 2:28 a.m., South Side Entertainment Patrol officers responded to two separate ShotSpotter alerts totaling eight rounds on S.18th St. at Carson St.

Officers located a male down on the street with multiple gunshot wounds.

They rendered aid and applied chest seals until Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS paramedics arrived to transport him in critical condition. He was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.

Violent Crime Division detectives are investigating.

Contact: Cara Cruz