(Photo Courtesy of the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man from McKeesport, Pennsylvania is now in custody after an over thirteen-hour standoff occurred in the Knoxville neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Friday. According to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, thirty-year-old Zachary Livingston had been a fugitive when three warrants were issued for his arrest in July of 2025. These warrants include a burglary warrant out of Westmoreland County and a theft warrant out of West Mifflin, with some of the warrants for Livingston being active. Livingston was initally inside a residence on Alice Street, which was a rental property that had four units, and movement was heard by detectives on the residence’s upper floor when they saw Livingston try to exit a window on the third floor of that same residence. Livingston then escaped to a roof that was adjacent to that residence as detectives tried to enter the room of that residence on the third floor where Livingston was, and it took over thirteen hours for Livingston to surrender as first responders like Pittsburgh firefighters and Pittsburgh paramedics had to assist with negotiations with Livingston. Livingston was also sedated after being put on a ladder from firefighters and restrained by detectives. Livingston was then taken on a gurney to an ambulance, which took him to the hospital, before he was ultimately taken to the Allegheny County Jail. Livingston now has charges which include multiple counts of recklessly endangering another person and risking a catastrophe. Livingston is currently being held in the Allegheny County Jail and bail has been denied for him. The preliminary hearing of Livingston will take place on October 1st, 2025.