PITTSBURGH, PA – James Malone, 22, of McKees Rocks, turned himself in yesterday to the Zone 3 Police Station in the below referenced case.
At approximately 9:40 p.m. on Friday, September 25 Zone 3 Officers responded to the Smithfield Street Bridge and Fort Pitt Boulevard for the report of a stabbing.
According to the investigation, two victims— a male and female in their early 20’s— were walking along the Smithfield Bridge when a White male actor on a skateboard was blocking the sidewalk. After the victims asked the actor to move, the actor yelled at the victims and threw the male victim’s bicycle in the river. The actor then pulled out a knife and stabbed the male victim in the forearm. The actor chased the female victim with the knife, but she was uninjured.
A bystander witnessed the incident and called 9-1-1 providing a description to dispatchers. The male actor fled toward Boulevard of the Allies. He is described as having blond hair, between 20-30 years old, and has a black skateboard.
Paramedics transported the male victim to Mercy Hospital in good condition. The investigation is ongoing.
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