Confrontation between ICE federal agents and man they were taking into custody leads to large police presence in Pittsburgh neighborhood

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) There was a large police presence in a neighborhood of Pittsburgh yesterday after a physical confrontation escalated between ICE federal agents and a man that they were taking into custody. Officials confirmed to WTAE that Pittsburgh police responded to the 400 block of Norton Street in Mount Washington following multiple 911 calls for an individual fighting with “unknown law enforcement officers” in the street. One video shows two ICE agents taking a man by the neck before throwing him into a railing on a porch and punching him before taking him into a vehicle. Medics responded to evaluate all of the parties who were involved in this incident and the scene was cleared by local police. No additional information about the incident has been released.