Stray bullet goes through window of home, nearly hitting 73-year-old man; suspect wanted

PITTSBURGH — There's still a bullet hole in a window at a home on Oregon Street in Pittsburgh's Esplen neighborhood.

The family that lives there were caught in the crossfire.

Police believe Darryl Porter fired a gun into the home, just missing a 73-year-old man who was just sitting down.

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According to detectives, the victim told police "He was sitting at his dining room table when a single bullet came through his main living room window, then through his drape."

Not long before that shooting, there was another one a block away near an apartment complex. According to investigators, a man who lived in the complex came home when his house was being robbed, then there was gunfire between two cars.

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