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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to Pittsburgh Public Safety last night, an armed kidnapping in Plum and a shooting in Pittsburgh are believed to be connected. A spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Safety stated in a news release that the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police was notified of a report of an armed kidnapping to the Plum Borough Police Department around 6:15 p.m. yesterday and a family member told Plum police that his brother had been kidnapped by two armed suspects who were demanding ransom money. The victim’s phone was then tracked to the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Then, someone reported around 7:10 p.m., that men were fighting, with the sound of gunfire following. According to authorities at the scene, a man was found shot in the chest on Deely Street in the Greenfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh. He was last listed in stable condition. The victim then told police that the suspects fled the area in a vehicle. No other information was released immediately about the two suspects or their vehicle. The Allegheny County Police Department is taking over the investigation into this incident.