Teen robs woman in car at gunpoint, leading to lockdown of 4 Pittsburgh schools, police say

PITTSBURGH — An armed robbery in Homewood on Tuesday prompted a SWAT response and sent four schools on lockdown.

Dispatchers confirm emergency crews were called to the 7000 block of Hermitage Street around 1 p.m.

A Pittsburgh police spokesperson told Channel 11 that a teenage boy approached a woman while she was inside her car, brandished a gun and attempted to rob her.

Police said the suspect then fled inside a nearby home less than a block away from Westinghouse High School. It’s unclear if this was his home or a random house.

A SWAT team worked for over an hour to get everyone out of the home safely and negotiate with the teen.

The teen was arrested. At this time, he has not been identified, but we do know he will be charged as an adult.

A second man inside the home also surrendered himself to police. He was arrested on charges not related to the armed robbery and taken to the Allegheny County Jail.

A spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Schools told Channel 11 that Pittsburgh Westinghouse, Pittsburgh Student Achievement Center, Pittsburgh Faison and Crescent Early Childhood Center were all on lockdown. Police said all of the schools are dismissed without incident.

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