Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024:
Funeral procession to close Pittsburgh roads
Roads in Pittsburgh will be closed beginning at 8 a.m. Monday for the funeral procession and Mass for Pittsburgh fire Battalion Chief John P. Walsh.
The Mass for Walsh is scheduled for 10 a.m. at St. Paul Cathedral on North Dithridge Street in Oakland.
To accommodate the gathering, police will close Fifth Avenue from Bellefield to Wilkins avenues from 8 a.m. until the service ends by noon.
No parking signs from 6 a.m. to noon have been posted along that section of Fifth Avenue. Tagging and towing will begin at 6 a.m. for vehicles that remain, Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Safety said.
Closures are expected on adjacent streets leading to Fifth Avenue to prevent traffic from entering the road, the public safety department said.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit Buses will be rerouted during the service.
Walsh, 60, of Brighton Heights and a 37-year veteran of the fire bureau died from heart disease Wednesday while in command at a fire in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood.
SWAT fails to find suspect after man found shot
A man was found with a gunshot wound to a knee after police responded early Sunday morning to alerts for 18 shots fired in the area of Bausman Street and Brownsville Road along the Knoxville and Mt. Oliver border.
The man, found in the road, was in stable condition when he was taken to a hospital, police said.
The shooter was believed to be in a nearby residence on Amanda Street. SWAT responded to search the residence, but the suspect was not found.
An investigation is continuing.