Pittsburgh police fatally shot a man Friday morning during a standoff in the city’s Allentown neighborhood.
Allegheny County Police homicide detectives are investigating.
County police said the shooting happened at 6:04 a.m. inside the Richard S. Caliguiri Allentown Plaza apartment building in the 800 block of East Warrington Avenue.
Investigators said the shooting occurred after a suspect fired at Pittsburgh police.
Authorities have not identified the victim or the officers involved.
The shooting stemmed from an incident Tuesday when Pittsburgh police responded to reports of a man with a gun in the 800 block of East Warrington Avenue.
Officers found the man, who went into an apartment building.
It was unclear why officers did not arrest him at the time.
County police said in a press release that Pittsburgh officers identified the suspect as a 45-year-old man with felony convictions who was not allowed to have a gun.
Pittsburgh police got a search warrant for the man and an apartment on East Warrington.
When a Pittsburgh SWAT team tried to serve the warrant Friday morning, the man fired at officers, according to county police.
Police returned fire, and the man barricaded himself inside the building, according to county police.
The county said Pittsburgh police fired again.
County police provided sparse details about the encounter, saying only that “during the ensuing standoff, a second officer-involved shooting occurred and the male was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Jim Madalinsky, a county police spokesman, confirmed that a Pittsburgh police officer killed the man.
Anyone with information concerning the incident is asked to call the County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.