The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PITTSBURGH - A man wounded in a shootout last night with two Pittsburgh police homicide detectives has died.
The victim, identified only as a 30-year-old white man from the Brownsville Road area, died of his wounds at 1:36 this morning at Mercy Hospital. The county medical examiner’s office was conducting an autopsy.
One of the homicide detectives, George Satler, also was shot. His wound, in the back, was not believed to be life-threatening. His condition has been upgraded to stable; shortly after the shooting, he was listed in serious condition.
Police Cmdr. Thomas Stangrecki said the suspect threw something at the detectives’ unmarked car after it stopped at a stop sign at 26th and Smallman streets in the Strip District at 10:17 last night.
The detectives got out of their car to investigate, and the man pulled out a .22-caliber handgun and started shooting, Cmdr. Stangrecki said.
Both officers ducked for cover and returned fire. Police did not release the name of the other police officer.
Under police policy in a shooting, both detectives will be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the county district attorney’s office.
The shooting occurred outside the Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant at 26th and Smallman.
One restaurant patron said he heard 15 shots fired. Bullet holes were visible in the rear of the unmarked police car.
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