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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to officials, a male convenience store employee was stabbed in Downtown Pittsburgh while trying to stop a man from stealing merchandise on Friday afternoon. This occurred at a 7-Eleven on 600 Liberty Avenue and officers discovered that the unidentified employee got stabbed in the ribs. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, the employee was conscious, alert and speaking with officers and medics and the charges for the suspect are pending. The victim is in stable condition after getting taken to a hospital. The suspect was taken to the hospital he ran to the North Shore after being caught on cameras near PNC Park on a river trail. He will be taken to the Allegheny County Jail once he is cleared medically. At this time, the identity of the suspect has not yet been released.