(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to authorities, police officers fired shots at a man who shot at a woman and her dog in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Friday. A news release from the Allegheny Couty Police Department confirms that Pittsburgh Bureau of Police officers were called to the 4700 block of Centre Avenue for a reported assault around 4:15 p.m. and nobody was hit by the gunfire. When officers arrived, they found a man threatening a woman and her dog with a gun outside an apartment building at the scene. County police confirm after officers yelled at the man to drop his weapon, he fired “multiple” shots at the victim and the dog. Officers returned fire as the man tried to run away, and he was later taken into custody. A media release that county police issued on Saturday states that the suspect was later identified as 38-year-old Lamar Reddick. Reddick is now in the Allegheny County Jail pending preliminary arraignment, however; he is facing multiple charges, including attempted homicide, aggravated cruelty to animals, and aggravated assault. Pittsburgh Public Safety noted that per policy, Allegheny County police detectives are handling the investigation.