Male suspect allegedly stabs couple in Downtown Pittsburgh; suspect gets detained for alleged act

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An unidentified male suspect allegedly stabbed a couple in Downtown Pittsburgh yesterday evening. This occurred just before 8 p.m. yesterday at the intersection of Bigelow Street and Chatham Square. A man and a woman told police that they were in a park nearby and the male suspect that allegedly stabbed them demanded them money. When they refused him, that male suspect allegedly stabbed them. Both the man and the woman who got allegedly stabbed are in stable condition after being taken to the hospital by EMS personnel. Police confirm that the injuries the man suffered were wounds on his chin and leg, and the injury that the woman suffered was a superficial wound on her arm. According to police, the suspect was detained at the scene, got taken to a hospital in stable condition because of a wound to his leg and charges against him are pending.